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Natural hybridization between pen shell species: Pinna rudis and the critically endangered Pinna nobilis may explain parasite resistance in P. nobilis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2021
Vázquez-Luis Maite, Nebot-Colomer Elisabet, Deudero Salud, Planes Serge, Boissin Emilie
Abstract excerpt
Recently, Pinna nobilis pen shells population in Mediterranean Sea has plummeted due to a Mass Mortality Event caused by an haplosporidian parasite. In consequence, this bivalve species has been included in the IUCN Red List as "Critically Endangered". In the current scenario, several works are in progress to protect P. nobilis from extinction, being identification of hybrids (P. nobilis x P. rudis) among...
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