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The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus.
GigaScience - 1 May 2020
Kenny Nathan J, McCarthy Shane A, Dudchenko Olga, James Katherine, Betteridge Emma, Corton Craig, Dolucan Jale, Mead Dan, Oliver Karen, Omer Arina D, Pelan Sarah, Ryan Yan, Sims Ying, Skelton Jason, Smith Michelle, Torrance James, Weisz David, Wipat Anil, Aiden Erez L, Howe Kerstin, Williams Suzanne T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The king scallop, Pecten maximus, is distributed in shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Europe. It forms the basis of a valuable commercial fishery and plays a key role in coastal ecosystems and food webs. Like other filter feeding bivalves it can accumulate potent phytotoxins, to which it has evolved some immunity. The molecular origins of this immunity are of interest to evolutionary...
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