Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically
and economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and …

A large number of species and taxa have been studied for genetic polymorphism.
Microsatellites have been known as hypervariable neutral molecular markers with the …

Mussels belong to the phylum Mollusca, one of the largest and most diverse taxa in the
animal kingdom. Despite their importance in aquaculture and in biology in general, genomic …

Climate changes in the Arctic are predicted to alter distributions of marine species. However,
such changes are difficult to quantify because information on present species distribution …

Large-scale climate changes influence the geographic distribution of biodiversity. Many taxa
have been reported to extend or reduce their geographic range, move poleward or displace …

Semi-sessile Mytilus mussels are used as indicators of climate changes, but their
geographic distribution is not sufficiently known in the Arctic. The aim of this study was to …

Human-mediated pressures, including bioinvasions, threaten the biotas of every continent.
Hybridization and introgression between invasive and native species may result in loss of …

Nickel is associated with reproductive toxicity, but little is known about the molecular
mechanisms of nickel-induced effects on sperm chromatin and protamine-like proteins …

Hypoxia is common in marine environments and a major stressor for marine organisms
inhabiting benthic and intertidal zones. Several studies have explored the responses of …

Based on the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of
specimens taken from two mussel species (Arcuatula senhousia and Mytilus coruscus), an …