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Freshwater pearl culture in Bangladesh: Current status and prospects [PDF]
HeliyonFreshwater pearl farming is an emerging sector of aquaculture in Bangladesh which plays a growing role at major jewelry markets. With some improved techniques, high quality image or designer pearls are now produced from freshwater mussels Lamellidens ...
Mohammad Ferdous Siddique +5 more
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Identification and expression profiling of the bone morphogenetic protein gene family based on pearl culture in mantle and visceral mass of Hyriopsis cumingii [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play an important biological role in pearl biomineralization in pearl mussels. In this study, based on the genome data of the triangular sail mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii), the genome-wide identification and bioinformatic
Yiwen Chen +10 more
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Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Damage Associated with Seeding Surgery for Pearl Culture in the Winged Pearl Oyster Pteria sterna [PDF]
AntioxidantsTo evaluate the antioxidant activity and oxidative damage by relaxing, wounding, and seeding of a saibo of different origin on Pteria sterna hosts, five oyster treatments were included: (1) relaxed (REL) but neither wounded nor seeded; (2) relaxed and ...
Andrés Granados-Amores +6 more
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Potential profitability of pearl culture in coastal communities in Tanzania
Aquaculture Reports, 2017 Artisanal half-pearl culture has been shown to provide livelihood and economic opportunities for coastal communities in Tanzania that depend directly on exploitation of marine resources.
Ismail Saidi +2 more
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Aquaculture ReportsAbalone pearl farming is an aquaculture activity with great potential for future growth and diversification of the global pearl sector, which has been dominated for decades by pearls of marine pearl oysters of the genus Pinctada.
Camila Sáez-Saavedra +4 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 Pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii is widely recognized for biomineralization and has been cultured for high-quality marine pearl production. To ascertain how dietary vitamin D3 (VD3) levels affect the features of pearl production by P. f.
Chuangye Yang +19 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 During pearl culture, the excess immune responses may induce nucleus rejection and death of pearl oysters after transplantation. To better understand the immune response and pearl formation, lipidomic analysis was applied to investigate changes in the ...
Hailing Wu +12 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Tyrosinase is a type-3 copper protein with six conserved histidine residues within the copper-binding sites. It participates in mollusk nacre formation.
Xinwei Xiong +17 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 IntroductionIn the pearl culture industry, a major challenge is the overactive immunological response in pearl oysters resulting from allotransplantation, leading to shell-bead rejection and death.
Zefeng Gu +10 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 To produce cultured pearls, a mantle graft with a nucleus is transplanted into a host pearl oyster, this process is called “transplantation”. The immune response of pearl oyster after transplantation is a major factor that leads to nucleus rejection and ...
Jingmiao Yang +10 more
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