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Thermal selection of PGM allozymes in newly founded populations of the thermotolerant vent polychaete Alvinella pompejana.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Nov 2004
Piccino Patrice, Viard Frédérique, Sarradin Pierre-Marie, Le Bris Nadine, Le Guen Dominique, Jollivet Didier
Abstract excerpt
Alvinella pompejana lives on the top of chimneys at deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the East Pacific Rise. It is thought to be one of the most thermotolerant and eurythermal metazoans. Our experimental approach combines methods of population genetics and biochemistry, considering temperature as a potential selective factor. Phosphoglucomutase (Pgm-1 locus) is one of the most polymorphic loci of A. pompejana and...
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