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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Biomineralization is a widespread phenomenon in marine mollusks and is responsible for the production of shells and pearls. However, the regulatory mechanisms governing the adaptive immune responses in the mollusk mantle and visceral mass during ...
Xiaoya Shen +21 more
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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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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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NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 1949 The shell-movements of the pearl-oysters were recorded by using a weekly kymograph at the natural habitat in winter. When the water-temperature is below 7°C., the valves are completely closed; in the case of 7°-13°C., usually almost closed though often may be recognized very slight movements; in the case of 13°-15°C., the shell-movements become ...
KOBAYASHI, S., TOBATA, M.
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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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Aquaculture Reports, 2020 Larval development, especially settlement and metamorphosis, has a vital influence on commercial culture during the life cycle of marine invertebrates. Sipunculus nudus, a peanut worm, is an important economic aquaculture species.
Fujun Cao +6 more
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A History of the Cultured Pearl Industry [PDF]
Zoological Science, 2013 During the 18th and 19th centuries, studies of how pearls are formed were conducted mainly in Europe. The subsequent pearl culturing experiments conducted worldwide in the early 20th century, however, failed to develop into a pearl industry. In Japan, however, Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded in culturing blister pearls in 1893 under the guidance of Kakichi ...
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