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mRNA-Seq and microarray development for the Grooved Carpet shell clam, Ruditapes decussatus: a functional approach to unravel host-parasite interaction.
BMC genomics - 29 Oct 2013
Leite Ricardo B, Milan Massimo, Coppe Alessandro, Bortoluzzi Stefania, dos Anjos António, Reinhardt Richard, Saavedra Carlos, Patarnello Tomaso, Cancela M Leonor, Bargelloni Luca
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BACKGROUND: The Grooved Carpet shell clam Ruditapes decussatus is the autochthonous European clam and the most appreciated from a gastronomic and economic point of view. The production is in decline due to several factors such as Perkinsiosis and habitat invasion and competition by the introduced exotic species, the manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum. After we sequenced R. decussatus transcriptome we have...
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