GenBank accession numbers for sequences from deep-sea protobranch bivalves collected on R/V Endeavor cruise EN447 in the Western North Atlantic (34?39N, 68-70W) in 2008 (Ev Deep Sea Molluscs II project)

<p>Sequence data from this research are available on Genbank with metadata (sample location, depth, date etc.) and&nbsp; accession numbers listed in the publications given below. Details of molecular work are also described in the various publications listed below.</p>

<p>Refer to publications:<br />
Glazier, A.E., and Etter, R.J. 2014. Cryptic speciation along a bathymetric gradient. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113:897-913. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12389\" target=\"_blank\">10.1111/bij.12389</a><br />
<strong>Sequences were deposited in GenBank under accession numbers KM102340-KM102448.</strong></p>

<p>Jennings R.M., and Etter, R.J. 2014. Phylogeographic estimates of colonization of the deep Atlantic by the protobranch bivalve <em>Nucula atacellana. </em>Polish Polar Research, 35: 261-278. Invited Paper. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0017\" target=\"_blank\">10.2478/popore-2014-0017</a><br />
<strong>New sequences generated in this work were deposited in GenBank under Accessions KJ950184–KJ950282 (Table 1).</strong></p>

<p>Boyle, E.E. and Etter, R.J. 2013. Heteroplasmy in a deep-sea protobranch bivalve suggests an ancient origin of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria in Bivalvia. Marine Biology, 160:413-422. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2099-y\" target=\"_blank\">10.1007/s00227-012-2099-y</a><br />
<strong>Sequences from this study are available from GenBank (Accession numbers 16S HQ907887–HQ907914; cytb JX435273–JX435297).</strong></p>

<p>Jennings R.M., Etter, R.J. and Ficarra,L. 2013. Population differentiation and species formation in the deep sea: the potential role of environmental gradients and depth. PLoS ONE<em>, </em>8(10): e77594. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077594\" target=\"_blank\">10.1371/journal.pone.0077594</a><br />
<strong>All sequences were deposited in GenBank (Accessions KC563091-KC563901, Table 2).</strong></p>

<p>Sharma, P.P., Zardus, J.D., Boyle, E.E., González, V.L., Jennings, R.M., McIntyre, E., Bouchet, P., Wheeler, W.C., Etter, R.J., and Giribet, G. 2013. Into the deep: A phylogenetic approach to the bivalve subclass Protobranchia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69:188-204. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.018\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.018</a><br />
<strong>Sequences from this study are available from GenBank (Accession numbers given in Table 2).</strong></p>

<p>Etter, R.J., Boyle, E.E., Glazier, A., Jennings, R.M., Dutra, E., and Chase, M.R. 2011. Phylogeography of a pan-Atlantic abyssal protobranch bivalve: Implications for evolution in the deep Atlantic. Molecular Ecology,<em> </em>20:829-843. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04978.x\" target=\"_blank\">10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04978.x</a><br />
<strong>Sequences from this study are available from GenBank - accession numbers are HQ452629–HQ452677.</strong></p>

<p>Jennings, R.M., and Etter, R.J. 2011. Exon-Primed, Intron-Crossing (EPIC) loci for five nuclear genes in deep-sea protobranch bivalves: primer design, PCR protocols, and locus utility. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11:1102-1112. doi:<a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03038.x\" target=\"_blank\">10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03038.x</a><br />
<strong>DNA Sequences from this study are available from GenBank - Accessions JF410881– JF411003.</strong></p>