Three decades after the discovery of cold seep systems, various sites of hydrocarbon
seepage have been found in the South China Sea (SCS). Over the past decade, these sites …

Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically
and economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and …

Background Although draft genomes are available for most agronomically important plant
species, the majority are incomplete, highly fragmented, and often riddled with assembly …

Bivalve molluscs are descendants of an early-Cambrian lineage superbly adapted to
benthic filter feeding. Adaptations in form and behavior are well recognized, but the …

Deep-sea environment, characterized by high pressures, extremely high/low temperatures,
limited photosynthesis-generated organic matter, darkness, and high levels of corrosion, is …

Molluscs are extremely diverse invertebrate animals with a rich fossil record, highly
divergent life cycles, and considerable economical and ecological importance. Key …

Mollusca represents the second largest animal phylum but remains poorly explored from a
genomic perspective. While the recent increase in genomic resources holds great promise …

Abstract The Scaly-foot Snail, Chrysomallon squamiferum, presents a combination of
biomineralised features, reminiscent of enigmatic early fossil taxa with complex shells and …

Elucidating the physiological mechanisms that underlie thermal stress and discovering how
species differ in capacities for phenotypic acclimatization and evolutionary adaptation to this …