Mapping mollusks: Researchers use genetic tools to complete family tree

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Using genetic tools, researchers at Harvard and collaborating institutions have completed the most comprehensive evolutionary tree ever produced for mollusks. Pictured is a bivalve collected in Moreton Bay on the eastern coast of Australia. In a scientific first, the results suggest that bivalves, a class of animals that includes clams and oysters, are most closely related to gastropods such as snails and slugs. Credit: Gonzalo Giribet