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Half-billion-year-old parasite still threatens shellfish

Half-billion-year-old parasite still threatens shellfish

A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct. The research, published in iScience, used high-resolution 3D scans to look inside 480-million-year-old shells from a Moroccan site known for its exceptionally well-preserved sea life. The scans revealed...
By Jules Bernstein |
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