bivalve
- Reverse genetics demonstrate the role of mucosal C-type lectins in food particle selection in the oyster Crassostrea virginica
Summary: Carbohydrate–protein interactions enable efficient food particle sorting in bivalves, establishing a new dimension for the role of evolutionarily conserved mannose/glucose-binding proteins in the metazoan.
- Multimodal in situ datalogging quantifies inter-individual variation in thermal experience and persistent origin effects on gaping behavior among intertidal mussels (Mytilus californianus)
Summary: Biologging of mussels in the rocky intertidal zone reveals substantial temperature differences over the scale of centimeters, while environmental conditions and mussel origin underlie variation in shell gaping behavior.
- Early gametogenesis in the Pacific oyster: new insights using stem cell and mitotic markers
Summary: Alkaline phosphatase activity and immunochemistry reveal that oyster germline cells are located in the gonad duct outer edge during the resting period and proliferate very early during the next sexual cycle.
- Biomineralization-related specialization of hemocytes and mantle tissues of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas
Summary: Different subpopulations of oyster hemocytes are specialized for biomineralization or immune functions as revealed by functional differences and gene expression profiles.
- Model-assisted measurements of suspension-feeding flow velocities
Summary: Mya arenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria and Ciona intestinalis exhibit a wide range of suspension feeding rates as demonstrated by a combined experimental and numerical approach to quantifying fluid flows.