Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Novel insights on obligate symbiont lifestyle and adaptation to chemosynthetic environment as revealed by the giant tubeworm genome
A. L. de Oliveira, J. Mitchell, P. Girguis, M. Bright
This paper presents the first high-quality genome of Riftia pachyptila, revealing evolutionary adaptations to its chemosynthetic environment and symbiotic lifestyle.
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msab347