Mussels are a group of bivalves that includes the dominant species of shallow-sea,
freshwater, and deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. Mussels cling to various solid …

Blue mussels from the genus Mytilus are an abundant component of the benthic community,
found in the high latitude habitats. These foundation species are relevant to the aquaculture …

Predicting the implications of ongoing ocean climate warming demands a better
understanding of how short‐term thermal variability impacts marine ectotherms, particularly …

Background Molluscs remain one significantly under-represented taxa amongst available
genomic resources, despite being the second-largest animal phylum and the recent …

Many long‐term genetic monitoring programmes began before next‐generation sequencing
became widely available. Older programmes can now transition to new marker systems …

The study of hybrid zones offers important insights into speciation. Earlier studies on hybrid
populations of the marine mussel species Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis in SW …

Background Biomineralization by molluscs involves regulated deposition of calcium
carbonate crystals within a protein framework to produce complex biocomposite structures …

Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis represents a dominant woody lineage in East Asian
evergreen broadleaved forests. Regardless of its ecological and economic importance, little …

Mussels belonging to the Mytilus species complex (M. edulis, ME; M. galloprovincialis, MG;
and M. trossulus, MT) often occur in sympatry, facilitating introgressive hybridization. This …

Gametic isolation is thought to play an important role in the evolution of reproductive
isolation in broadcast‐spawning marine invertebrates. However, it is unclear whether …