Fossil Evidence Reveals Ancient Origins of Modern Oyster Parasite
Scientists have uncovered that a parasite still found in oysters today has been infecting bivalves for hundreds of millions of years.
Using high-resolution 3D scans, researchers found intriguing question mark-shaped markings inside 480-million-year-old shells of ancient relatives of modern clams that lived during the Ordovician period, a time of significant ecological change.
"This is a time when ocean ecosystems got more intense,” said Karma Nanglu, a UC Riverside paleobiologist who led the research. “You see the rise of mobility...
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