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Aquaculture Reports, 2021 The immune response after transplantation during pearl production is a major factor that cause nucleus rejection and death of the host pearl oysters. To find out the crucial metabolites involved in the immune response after transplantation, we performed ...
Jiao Yu +5 more
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Aquaculture Reports, 2020 Mabé pearl culture is an increasingly important rural livelihood in south Pacific countries as it offers a low-cost, low-tech alternative to round pearl culture.
William Johnston +5 more
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Aquaculture Reports, 2022 The activity of enzymes involved in digestion, energy metabolism, oxidative stress regulation, and immune function in the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii) was determined at 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, and 25 d following exposure to HG and NG to ...
Jiayi Chen +7 more
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Sustainability and traceability in marine cultured pearl production [PDF]
, 2014 For centuries, wild pearl oysters and mussels were fished in the quest for natural pearls and shell material. This eventually led to the drastic overexploitation of oyster stocks in many areas of the globe.
Cartier, Laurent Emmanuel Henri
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 The polyamine putrescine (Put) is a ubiquitous small cationic amine. It plays an essential role in controlling the innate immune response. However, little is known about its function in mollusks. In this study, the Put content was observed to increase in
Yanfei Cao +18 more
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Structural, mineralogical, and biochemical diversity in the lower part of the pearl layer of cultivated seawater pearls from Polynesia [PDF]
, 2008 A series of Polynesian pearls has been investigated with particular attention to the structural and compositional patterns of the early developmental stages of the pearl layer.
Perez-Huerta, A. +16 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]
AntioxidantsAndres Granados-Amores +2 more
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, 2008 Pearls have a very long history of being valued as beautiful gems but differ of course in that they are secreted by living animals. Cultured pearls have been produced for almost a hundred years, but the methods for farming pearl oysters and inducing ...
Lucas, J S +3 more
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The Intergenerational Conflict in Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls: Second Generation Experiences
Nobel: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching, 2022 This study explores the intergeneration conflict and acculturation strategies of the second-generation Chinese American in Lisa See’s Shanghai Girls. The novel depicts Pearl and May’s experiences moving to America due to the Sino-Japanese war in China ...
Maria Niayu Risma Novianti
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Aquaculture Reports, 2022 The blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, supports well-established cultured pearl industries throughout the Pacific with various nursery culture methods used to on-grow juvenile oysters to a size suitable for pearl production. Locally-available
Paul C. Southgate, Thane A. Militz
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