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Identification of genes associated with shell color in the black-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Lemer, Sarah; Saulnier, Denis; Gueguen, Yannick; Planes, Serge.
Background: Color polymorphism in the nacre of pteriomorphian bivalves is of great interest for the pearl culture industry. The nacreous layer of the Polynesian black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera exhibits a large array of color variation among individuals including reflections of blue, green, yellow and pink in all possible gradients. Although the heritability of nacre color variation patterns has been demonstrated by experimental crossing, little is known about the genes involved in these patterns. In this study, we identify a set of genes differentially expressed among extreme color phenotypes of P. margaritifera using a suppressive and subtractive hybridization (SSH) method comparing black phenotypes with full and half albino individuals....
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Palavras-chave: Differential expression; Biomineralization; Nacre; Pearl; Pigmentation; Albino.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00275/38627/37167.pdf

Calcein staining of calcified structures in pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera and the effect of food resource level on shell growth
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Linard, Clementine; Gueguen, Yannick; Moriceau, Jacques; Soyez, Claude; Hui, Belinda; Raoux, Aurore; Cuif, Jean Pierre; Cochard, Jean-claude; Le Pennec, Marcel; Le Moullac, Gilles.
Marine mollusc shell growth has been widely measured using fluorochrome marking. In order to test the efficiency and reliability of calcein staining on P. margaritifera shells and pearls, the present study examined two administration methods, different concentrations and several immersion times.Immersion in a 150 mg.L-1 calcein solution for 12 h to 24 h appeared to be the best method for marking P. margaritifera shells. For pearl marking, injection of a 200 mg.L-1 calcein solution into the pearl pouch was the optimal method. Calcein marking was then used to measure the influence of food resource levels on the shell growth. Groups of 23-month-old P. margaritifera were fed at three trophic levels for two months. The two highest food levels tested (6 000...
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Palavras-chave: Bivalvia; Pearl; Shell; Growth; Scanning electron microscope.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00028/13907/11195.pdf

Pearl formation: Persistence of the graft during the entire process of biomineralization
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Arnaud, Sophie; Goyard, Emmanuel; Vonau, Vincent; Herbaut, C; Prou, Jean; Saulnier, Denis.
Most bivalves species of the genus Pinctada are well known throughout the world for production of white or black pearls of high commercial value. For cultured pearl production, a mantle allograft from a donor is implanted into the gonad of a recipient oyster, together with a small inorganic bead. Because of the dedifferentiation of cells during the first steps of the host oyster's immunological reaction, so far the fate of the graft and its exact role in the process of pearl formation could not be determined via classical histological methods. Here we report the first molecular evidence of the resilience of the graft in the recipient organism by showing that cells containing genome from the donor are still present at the end of pearl formation. These...
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Palavras-chave: Genotype; Pearl; Pearl sac; Grafting; Biomineralization; Pearl oyster.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2456.pdf