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The Mendelian inheritance of rare flesh and shell colour variants in the black-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera).
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2016
Ky Chin-Long, Nakasai Seiji, Pommier Steve, Sham Koua Manaarii, Devaux Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Pinctada margaritifera is French Polynesia's most economically important aquaculture species. This pearl oyster has the specific ability to produce cultured pearls with a very wide range of colours, depending on the colour phenotypes of donor oysters used. Its aquaculture is still based on natural spat collection from wild stocks. We investigated three rare colour variants of P. margaritifera - orange flesh, and...
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