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Gonad transcriptome analysis of pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera: identification of potential sex differentiation and sex determining genes.
BMC genomics - 18 Jun 2014
Teaniniuraitemoana Vaihiti, Huvet Arnaud, Levy Peva, Klopp Christophe, Lhuillier Emeline, Gaertner-Mazouni Nabila, Gueguen Yannick, Le Moullac Gilles
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BACKGROUND: Black pearl farming is based on culture of the blacklip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, lophotrochozoa), a protandrous hermaphrodite species. At first maturation, all individuals are males. The female sex appears progressively from two years old, which represents a limitation for broodstock conditioning for aquaculture production. In marine mollusks displaying hermaphroditic features,...
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