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Genome evolution: Shellfish genes

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Three new bivalve genomes are resources for comparative genomics over broad timescales, providing a glimpse into the evolution of understudied marine animals and their adaptations to extreme environments.

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Figure 1: Cladogram showing relationships among molluscs with publicly available sequenced genomes and summary statistics for those data.

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  1. Kenneth M. Halanych is in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Auburn University, Alabama 36849, USA.,

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  2. Kevin M. Kocot is in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Alabama Museum of Natural History, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA.,

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Halanych, K., Kocot, K. Genome evolution: Shellfish genes. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0142

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