Mitochondrial genome diversity and evolution in Branchiopoda (Crustacea)

• Published in: Zoological Letters
• Main Authors: Luchetti, Andrea, Forni, Giobbe, Skaist, Alyza M., Wheelan, Sarah J., Mantovani, Barbara
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Subjects: Research Article; Tadpole; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537178/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0131-5

BACKGROUND: The crustacean class Branchiopoda includes fairy shrimps, clam shrimps, tadpole shrimps, and water fleas. Branchiopods, which are well known for their great variety of reproductive strategies, date back to the Cambrian and extant taxa can be mainly found in freshwater habitats, also incl...