Effects of Ammonia Concentration on Sperm Vitality, Motility Rates, and Morphology in Three Marine Bivalve Species: A Comparative Study of the Noble Scallop Mimachlamys nobilis, Chinese Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata martensii, and Small Rock Oyster Saccostrea mordax [PDF]
BiologyAmmonium (NH4+) plays a crucial role in the reproductive processes of key biotic groups in aquatic ecosystems—bivalves. This study aims to elucidate the effects of three different ammonium ion concentrations on sperm vitality, swimming kinematics, and ...
Minghao Li +5 more
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Identification and Characterization of microRNAs and Their Predicted Functions in Biomineralization in the Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) [PDF]
Biology, 2019 The biological process of pearl formation is an ongoing research topic, and a number of genes associated with this process have been identified. However, the involvement of microRNAs (miRNAs) in biomineralization in the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata, is ...
Songqian Huang +9 more
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Sex-changing patterns of Akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) [PDF]
Zoological Letters, 2018 Background Pearl production by transplantation in Akoya pearl oyster ( Pinctada fucata ) is a biotechnology developed in Japan that skillfully utilizes the pearl-forming ability of oysters.
Jeane Siswitasari Mulyana +6 more
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A novel birnavirus identified as the causative agent of summer atrophy of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould)) [PDF]
PeerJThe Akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould)) is the most important species for pearl cultivation in Japan. Mass mortality of 0-year-old juvenile oysters and anomalies in adults, known as summer atrophy, have been observed in major pearl farming areas
Tomomasa Matsuyama +7 more
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Immune Memory-like Responses of Akoya Pearl Oyster to Pinctada Birnavirus [PDF]
PathogensAmong accumulating knowledge of invertebrate immune-like responses, antiviral mechanisms in mollusks remain poorly understood. Pinctada birnavirus (PiBV) infects the mantle epithelial cells of the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata), causing mass mortality of
Tomomasa Matsuyama +2 more
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Study on the response mechanism of MicroRNA novel-13 and novel-44 to Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in Pinctada fucata martensii [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchPinctada fucata martensii (P. f. martensii) is one of the main pearl oysters cultured in artificial seawater in China. However, it is highly susceptible to pathogen infection under intensive cultivation near the coast.
Chao Jie Li +5 more
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The receptor genes PfBMPR1B and PfBAMBI are involved in regulating shell biomineralization in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Mounting evidence suggests that TGFβ/BMP signaling pathway is most likely involved in shell biomineralization in molluscs, but the function of pathway receptors is poorly studied. Here, we cloned and identified two homologous BMP receptor genes, PfBMPR1B
Shiguo Li +5 more
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Cloning and functional analysis of BMP3 in the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata)
Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2019 Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are multifunctional secreted cytokines that play important roles in bone formation. In the present study, a homologous BMP3 gene was identified from Pinctada fucata (PfBMP3). PfBMP3 was 2710 bp length, contained 1470 bp
Sigang Fan, Dahui Yu
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Cloning and characterization of O-xylosyltransferase gene fromPinctada fucata martensii
Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2019 Glycosaminoglycan (GAG), an important component of proteoglycan (PG), was biosynthesized with the initiation by peptide O-xylosyltransferase. O-xylosyltransferase activity was presented as a marker for increased PG synthesis.
Ruijuan Hao, Zhe Zheng, Xiaodong Du
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Pinctada phuketensis sp. nov. (Bivalvia, Ostreida, Margaritidae), a new pearl oyster species from Phuket, western coast of Thailand [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 A new species of the genus Pinctada is described from samples collected from the east coast of Phuket Island, Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Pinctada phuketensis sp. nov.
Supannee Somrup +6 more
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