Evolution of Deep-Sea Mussels (Bathymodiolinae) and Their Chemosynthetic Endosymbionts
Symbiosis is one of the most widespread evolutionary strategies on Earth. In the deep-sea, symbioses between chemosynthetic bacteria and invertebrates are abundant at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These mutualisms, in which symbiont carbon fixation provides for host nutrition, are analogous to...
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Harvard University
2013
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10083 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10318184 |