Browsing by Author "Lemer, Sarah"
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Cementing mussels to oysters in the pteriomorphian tree: a phylogenomic approach
Lemer, Sarah; González, Vanessa L.; Bieler, Rüdiger; Giribet, Gonzalo (The Royal Society, 2016)Mussels (Mytilida) are a group of bivalves with ancient origins and some of the most important commercial shellfish worldwide. Mytilida consists of approximately 400 species found in various littoral and deep-sea environments, ... -
First molecular phylogeny of the circumtropical bivalve family Pinnidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): Evidence for high levels of cryptic species diversity
Lemer, Sarah; Buge, Barbara; Bemis, Amanda; Giribet, Gonzalo (Elsevier BV, 2014)The family Pinnidae Leach, 1819, includes approximately 50 species of large subtidal and coastal marine bivalves. These commercially important species occur in tropical and temperate waters around the world and are most ... -
Identification of genes associated with shell color in the black-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
Lemer, Sarah; Saulnier, Denis; Gueguen, Yannick; Planes, Serge (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Color polymorphism in the nacre of pteriomorphian bivalves is of great interest for the pearl culture industry. The nacreous layer of the Polynesian black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera exhibits a ... -
Nacre Tablet Thickness Records Formation Temperature in Modern and Fossil Shells
Gilbert, Pupa; Bergmann, Kristin; Myers, Corinne E.; Marcus, Matthew; DeVol, Ross; Sun, Chang-Yu; Blonsky, Adam; Tamre, Erik; Zhao, Jessica; Karan, Elizabeth; Tamura, Nobumichi; Lemer, Sarah; Giuffre, Anthony; Giribet, Gonzalo; Eiler, John; Knoll, Andrew (Elsevier BV, 2017-02-15)Nacre, the iridescent outer lining of pearls and inner lining of many mollusk shells, is composed of periodic, parallel, organic sheets alternating with aragonite (CaCO3) tablet layers. Nacre tablet thickness (TT) generates ...