Jin Sun

The paper identifies a novel organelle, dracosphera, in the aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma shenloong that houses anaerobic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria for chemosynthesis in anoxic cold-seep sediments.

The paper characterizes two new gastropod holobionts from Atlantic hydrothermal vents, revealing distinct levels of endosymbiosis dependence through metagenomic and anatomical analyses.

This paper reconstructs the ancestral gastropod karyotype and shows lineage-specific chromosomal strategies associated with habitat transitions.

This study identifies genomic and proteomic adaptations in two snail lineages that independently evolved aerial egg deposition, revealing convergent evolutionary mechanisms and horizontal gene transfer.

VEHoP infers phylogenetic trees from raw reads and proteins, outperforming assembly-free methods and enabling robust phylogenomic analysis of difficult-to-sample species.

This study identifies shallow-water chemosymbiotic clams as a significant, previously overlooked carbon sink in the Yellow Sea, contributing 43% of the region's sedimental carbon burial.

This study uses multiple-omics analyses to uncover molecular and physiological adaptations of Alviniconcha snails to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, focusing on host-symbiont interactions and metabolic complementarity.

This study uses population genomics to identify genetic groups in the scaly-foot snail, highlighting conservation priorities amid deep-sea mining threats.

This study analyzes genome rearrangements in chitons, revealing dynamic genomic changes despite morphological conservatism.

The paper benchmarks Oxford Nanopore assemblers for molluscan genomes, finding optimal coverage and tools for different genome complexities.

The paper reports dual symbiosis in the deep-sea snail Gigantopelta aegis, revealing its genome and two endosymbionts with complementary metabolic functions and immune adaptations.