Abstract WEGO (Web Gene Ontology Annotation Plot), created in 2006, is a simple but
useful tool for visualizing, comparing and plotting GO (Gene Ontology) annotation results …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Hydrothermal vents are unique habitats like an oases of life compared with typical deep-sea,
soft-sediment environments. Most animals that live in these habitats are invertebrates, and …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has become a powerful tool in phylogenetic and
evolutionary studies. Here we applied NGS to recover two ribosomal RNA genes (18S and …

The connection among genome expression, proteome alteration, metabolism regulation and
phenotype change under environmental stresses is very vague. It is a tough task for the …

Abstract Aciculata (Eunicida+ Phyllodocida) is among the largest clades of annelids,
comprising almost half of the known diversity of all marine annelids. Despite the group's …

Deep-sea polynoid scale worms endemic to hydrothermal vents have evolved an adaptive
strategy to the chronically hypoxic environment, but its underlying molecular mechanisms …

Background Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are typical deep-sea chemosynthetically-
driven ecosystems that allow high abundance of specialized macro-benthos. To gather …

Within Polynoidae, a diverse aphroditiform family, the subfamily Macellicephalinae
comprises anchialine cave-dwelling and deep-sea scaleworms. In this study …

Background Barnacles are specialized marine organisms that differ from other crustaceans
in possession of a calcareous shell, which is attached to submerged surfaces. Barnacles …