Article
First evaluation of resistance to both a California OsHV-1 variant and a French OsHV-1 microvariant in Pacific oysters.
BMC genetics - 12 Dec 2019
Divilov Konstantin, Schoolfield Blaine, Morga Benjamin, Dégremont Lionel, Burge Colleen A, Mancilla Cortez Daniel, Friedman Carolyn S, Fleener Gary B, Dumbauld Brett R, Langdon Chris
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Variants of the Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) cause high losses of Pacific oysters globally, including in Tomales Bay, California, USA. A suite of new variants, the OsHV-1 microvariants (μvars), cause very high mortalities of Pacific oysters in major oyster-growing regions outside of the United States. There are currently no known Pacific oysters in the United States that are resistant to OsHV-1 as...
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