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Transcriptome sequencing and de novo annotation of the critically endangered Adriatic sturgeon.
BMC genomics - 18 Jun 2013
Vidotto Michele, Grapputo Alessandro, Boscari Elisa, Barbisan Federica, Coppe Alessandro, Grandi Gilberto, Kumar Abhishek, Congiu Leonardo
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BACKGROUND: Sturgeons are a group of Condrostean fish with very high evolutionary, economical and conservation interest. The eggs of these living fossils represent one of the most high prized foods of animal origin. The intense fishing pressure on wild stocks to harvest caviar has caused in the last decades a dramatic decline of their distribution and abundance leading the International Union for Conservation of...
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