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Chinese Researchers Develop New Catalyst to Convert CO₂

Circum-Arctic origin of oysters in the Early Jurassic and historical shifts of the biodiversity hotspots in oysters

Oysters possess great potentials in biogeographical and palaeogeographical studies because of the long evolutionary history, worldwide distribution, and well representation in the fossil record. The researchers from the Institute of Oceanology, Ch...

Nonlocal Population Sources Triggered Dinoflagellate Blooms in the Changjiang Estuary and Adjacent Seas

The Changjiang Estuary and adjacent sea area suffer from frequent harmful algal blooms, exerting a great impact on the ecological environment and fishery resources. About 60% of harmful algal blooms are caused by dinoflagellates. However, the popu...

Genome of the estuarine oyster provides insights into climate impact and adaptive plasticity

Climate change poses a serious threat to global biodiversity and the stability of ecosystems. The impact may vary among different organisms, and changes in keystone species may have a large effect on stability of an ecosystem. The estuarine (Jinji...

Molluscan dorsal-ventral patterning mechanisms provide insights into the unique developmental mode of spiralians and evolution of bilaterians

The formation of the dorsal-ventral (DV) axis is one of the most important events during the early development of bilaterian animals. It is widely accepted that a conserved molecular logic (BMP2/4 and Chordin) regulates tissue differentiation alon...

Zinc Isotopes of Arc-Related Lavas Reveal Recycling of Forearc Serpentinites Into the Subarc Mantle

Serpentinite, formed by low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of mantle peridotite, is distributed in the lithospheric mantle at the bottom of the subduction slab (slab-serpentinite) and forearc mantle wedge above the subduction slab (mantle wed...