Evolution: How a Barnacle Came to Parasitise a Shark

Tommy Leung

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.008

Evolution: How a Barnacle Came to Parasitise a Shark

Tommy Leung

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Abstract

A new study on a parasitic barnacle that lives on a deep sea shark found that its closest living relatives are rocky shore barnacles. The findings provide insight into barnacle phylogeny and raise new questions about the evolution of parasitism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R564-R566
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	24
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.008
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Biological Adaptation
Invertebrate Biology
Host-Parasite Interactions

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Evolution: How a Barnacle Came to Parasitise a Shark

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