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Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) analysis in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas based on observation of individual sex changes.
Scientific reports - 18 Jun 2020
Yue Chenyang, Li Qi, Yu Hong, Liu Shikai, Kong Lingfeng
Abstract excerpt
The diverse modes of sexual reproduction in Bivalvia make it an excellent clade to understand the evolution of sex and sex determination. The cosmopolitan Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is an ideal model for bivalve sex determination studies because of its complicated sexuality, including dioecy, sex change and rare hermaphroditism. A major barrier to C. gigas sex determination study has been the lack of...
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