Corals are a dominant benthic fauna that occur across a vast range of depths from just
below the ocean's surface to the abyssopelagic zone. However, little is known about the …

Disentangling different types of selection is a common goal in molecular evolution. Elevated
d N/d S ratios (the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitution rates) in focal …

Peltigera lichens can colonize extreme habitats, such as high-elevation ecosystems, but
their biodiversity is still largely unknown in these environments, especially in the southern …

Life on Earth has displayed remarkable adaptability to the harshest environments, spanning
polar regions, scorching deserts, abyssal oceans, lightless caves, noxious lakes, boiling hot …

Simple Summary The old world killifish Aphanius fasciatus is a typical inhabitant of transition
waters along the coasts of the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it lives in …

The Old-World quails, Coturnix coturnix (common quail) and Coturnix japonica (Japanese
quail), are morphologically similar yet occupy distinct geographic ranges. This study aimed …

A total of 10 specimens of Alcyonacea corals were collected at depths ranging from 905 m to
1 633 m by the manned submersible Shenhai Yongshi during two cruises in the South …

Neotropical freshwater stingrays (subfamily Potamotrygoninae) are carnivorous bottom
feeder batoids widely distributed in most river basins of South America. They represent the …

Abstract The Indo-Pacific purpleback flying squid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis has the most
complicated population structure reported to date among the ommastrephid squids. The …

We newly sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenome) of two gudgeon
species Saurogobio dabryi and S. punctatus, and we downloaded 49 gudgeon …