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<i>The Crown Pearl</i> : a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl mussel <i>Margaritifera margaritifera</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)
2020-12-06
Abstract excerpt
Since historical times, the inherent human fascination with pearls turned the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) into a highly valuable cultural and economic resource. Although pearl harvesting in M. margaritifera is nowadays residual, other human threats have aggravated the species conservation status, especially in Europe. This mussel presents a myriad of rare biological featu...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a32230c6-cd07-5273-8673-e994a73b18be
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.12.06.413450
