A hybrid zone between <it>Bathymodiolus</it> mussel lineages from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The inhabitants of deep-sea hydrothermal vents occupy ephemeral island-like habitats distributed sporadically along tectonic spreading-centers, back-arc basins, and volcanically active seamounts. The majority of vent taxa undergo a p...

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Main Authors: Johnson Shannon B, Won Yong-Jin, Harvey Julio BJ, Vrijenhoek Robert C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/21