Evolutionary Process of Deep-Sea Bathymodiolus Mussels
Jun-Ichi Miyazaki, Leonardo de Oliveira Martins, Yuko Fujita et al. · 2010
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Jun-Ichi Miyazaki and co-workers traced the family history of deep-sea mussels in PLOS ONE in 2010. These mussels, in the group Bathymodiolus, live where no sunlight reaches. They thrive near vents and seeps by hosting bacteria that make food from chemicals. How such animals first entered the deep sea was a standing puzzle. So was the order in which their lineages spread.
The authors compared genes across mussel species to build an evolutionary tree. The tree suggests paths by which shallow-water ancestors adapted to the depths. Each step demanded tolerance for cold, pressure, and strange chemistry. Knowing that history helps explain today's vent communities. It also frames how life colonizes extreme places more generally.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jun-Ichi Miyazaki, Leonardo de Oliveira Martins, Yuko Fujita et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2010 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010363