The hadal zone, mostly comprising of deep trenches and constituting of the deepest part of
the world's oceans, represents the least explored habitat but one of the last frontiers on our …

Hydrostatic pressure (HP), increasing by 1 atm per 10 m in the ocean, perturbs many cellular
processes, for example, by rigidifying membranes and disturbing protein folding and ligand …

It is largely unknown how living organisms—especially vertebrates—survive and thrive in
the coldness, darkness and high pressures of the hadal zone. Here, we describe the unique …

Abstract Background and Aims The genus Allium L., one of the largest monocotyledonous
genera and one that includes many economically important crops with nutritional and …

Clitellata is a major clade of Annelida comprising nearly all freshwater and terrestrial
annelids as well as several marine species. We investigated clitellate phylogenetic …

The genus Allium (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae) is one of the largest monocotyledonous
genera and it includes many economically important crops that are cultivated for …

Urophysa is a Chinese endemic genus comprising two species, Urophysa rockii and
Urophysa henryi. In this study, we sequenced the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of …

Background Stauntonia chinensis DC. belongs to subfamily Lardizabaloideae, which is
widely grown throughout southern China. It has been used as a traditional herbal medicinal …

Curcuma is an important member of Zingiberaceae. Many species of this genus are widely
used in traditional medicine and have important cultural value in East Asia. Among them, C …

Hadal environments (depths below 6,000 m) are characterized by extremely high hydrostatic
pressures, low temperatures, a scarce food supply, and little light. The evolutionary …