The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of Metazoa is a good model system for evolutionary
genomic studies and the availability of more than 1000 sequences provides an almost …

A large number of species and taxa have been studied for genetic polymorphism.
Microsatellites have been known as hypervariable neutral molecular markers with the …

Many bivalvian mollusks have a sperm-transmitted mitochondrial genome (M), along with
the standard egg-transmitted one (F). The phenomenon, known as doubly uniparental …

From data on allozyme, nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA markers, we show that the
originally North Pacific/Northwest Atlantic mussel Mytilus trossulus is widespread on North …

Background Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) is an atypical system of animal mtDNA
inheritance found only in some bivalves. Under DUI, maternally (F genome) and paternally …

The effect of salinity on the filtration rate of blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, from the brackish
Great Belt (Denmark) and the low-saline Central Baltic Sea, respectively, was studied. First …

Despite huge fossil, morphological and molecular data, bivalves' early evolutionary history is
still a matter of debate: recently, established phylogeny has been mostly challenged by DNA …

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA in marine mussels (Mytiloida),
freshwater mussels (Unionoida), and marine clams (Veneroida) is the only known exception …

Background Bivalves are very ancient and successful conchiferan mollusks (both in terms of
species number and geographical distribution). Despite their importance in marine biota …

Bivalve species are characterized by extraordinary variability in terms of mitochondrial (mt)
genome size, gene arrangement and tRNA gene number. Many species are thought to lack …