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Daniel L. Distel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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do mussels take wooden steps to deep sea vents
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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Phylogenetic relationships among Mytilidae (Bivalvia): 18S rRNA data suggest convergence in mytilid body plans.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. DistelAbstract:Abstract Nearly complete sequences were determined for small-subunit (18S) rRNA genes from seven species representative of four subfamilies of Mytilidae: Modiolus modiolus and M. auriculatus (Modiolinae); Lithophaga lithophaga and L. nigra (Lithophaginae); Musculus senhousie and M. discors (Crenellinae); and Hormomya domingensis (Mytilinae). Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences were also determined for Solemya reidi (Subclass Protobranchia), Mya arenaria (Subclass Heterodonta), and Elliptio complanata (Subclass Paleoheterodonta) as outgroup taxa. Phylogenetic analyses including these and other nearly complete bivalve small-subunit rRNA sequences demonstrate support for the monophyly of the family Mytilidae and the subfamilies Crenellinae and Lithophaginae. However, the subfamilies Mytilinae and Modiolinae appear polyphyletic. Likelihood, parsimony, and distance analyses support the placement of H. domingensis (Mytilinae) in a clade with G. demissa (Modiolinae). This clade is distinct from those containing other species traditionally assigned to these two subfamilies. Kishino–Hasegawa tests support these nontraditional relationships, suggesting that the mytiliform and/or modioliform body plans have evolved independently in at least two mytilid lineages.
Craig R Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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do mussels take wooden steps to deep sea vents
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
Wendy Morrill - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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do mussels take wooden steps to deep sea vents
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
Ellie Chuang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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do mussels take wooden steps to deep sea vents
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
Amy R Baco - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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do mussels take wooden steps to deep sea vents
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
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Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents?
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Daniel L. Distel, Amy R Baco, Ellie Chuang, Wendy Morrill, Colleen M Cavanaugh, Craig R SmithAbstract:Symbiont-containing mussels (Mytilidae) are found at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps on the ocean floor, but it is not known whether these taxa represent an ancient lineage endemic to these surroundings or are more recent invaders. Here we show that several small and poorly known mussels, commonly found on sunken wood and whale bones in the deep sea, are closely related to vent and seep taxa, and that this entire group is divergent from other Mytilidae. Our results indicate that vents and seeps were recently invaded by modern mytilid taxa and suggest that decomposing wood and bone may have served as ‘steps’ for the introduction of mytilid taxa to vents and seeps.
