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A hybrid zone between Bathymodiolus mussel lineages from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents.
BMC evolutionary biology - 24 Jan 2013
Johnson Shannon B, Won Yong-Jin, Harvey Julio Bj, Vrijenhoek Robert C
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BACKGROUND: 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 pelagic larval phase, and thus varying degrees of geographical subdivision, ranging from no impedance of dispersal to complete isolation, often exist among taxa that span...
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