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HKUST decodes a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome and unveils its living strategies in the extreme environment
Gigantopelta aegis (Photo credit: Dr. CHEN Chong from JAMSTEC)
A research team led by Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)’s Department of Ocean Science and David von Hansemann Professor of Science, has published their cutting-edge findings of symbiotic mechanisms of a deep-sea vent snail (Gigantopelta aegis) in the scientific journal Nature Communications.