Genomic patterns of divergence in the early and late steps of speciation of the deep-sea vent thermophilic worms of the genus Alvinella.
C. Thomas-Bulle, D. Bertrand, N. Nagarajan, R. Copley, E. Corre, S. Hourdez, E. Bonnivard, A. Claridge-Chang, D. Jollivet
This study examines genomic divergence patterns in early and late speciation stages of deep-sea vent worms, finding that early divergence involves scattered genes while late stages show genome-wide divergence linked to habitat specialization.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2022Evolutionary Biology