Mussels are a group of bivalves that includes the dominant species of shallow-sea,
freshwater, and deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. Mussels cling to various solid …

The study of hybrid zones offers important insights into speciation. Earlier studies on hybrid
populations of the marine mussel species Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis in SW …

Human-mediated pressures, including bioinvasions, threaten the biotas of every continent.
Hybridization and introgression between invasive and native species may result in loss of …

The commercial mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is invasive in the Southern Hemisphere
having a large impact on rocky shore communities. It recently appeared in the state of Santa …

Smooth-shelled blue mussels of the genus Mytilus have long been a major focus of research
because such mussels have an interesting global (antitropical or bipolar) distribution, have a …

Smooth-shelled blue mussels, Mytilus spp., have a worldwide antitropical distribution and
are ecologically and economically important. Mussels of the Mytilus edulis species complex …

Mytilus mussels have been the object of much research given their sentinel role in coastal
ecosystems and significant value as an aquaculture resource appreciated for both, its …

Simple Summary The smooth-shelled marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis maintains its
genetic integrity as a species on a worldwide scale. Current population genetic analyses …

Invasive species, and especially invasive parasites, represent excellent models to study
ecological and evolutionary mechanisms in the wild. To understand these processes, it is …

Hybrid zones among mussel species have been extensively studied in the northern
hemisphere. In South America, it has only recently become possible to study the natural …