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Draft genome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and genetic polymorphism among color variants.
GigaScience - 1 Jan 2017
Jo Jihoon, Oh Jooseong, Lee Hyun-Gwan, Hong Hyun-Hee, Lee Sung-Gwon, Cheon Seongmin, Kern Elizabeth M A, Jin Soyeong, Cho Sung-Jin, Park Joong-Ki, Park Chungoo
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The Japanese sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus Selenka 1867) is an economically important species as a source of seafood and ingredient in traditional medicine. It is mainly found off the coasts of northeast Asia. Recently, substantial exploitation and widespread biotic diseases in A. japonicus have generated increasing conservation concern. However, the genomic knowledge base and resources available for...
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