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Evolutionary Patterns in Pearl Oysters of the Genus Pinctada (Bivalvia: Pteriidae)
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Cunha, Regina L.; Blanc, Francoise; Bonhomme, Francois; Arnaud-haond, Sophie.
Pearl oysters belonging to the genus Pinctada (Bivalvia: Pteriidae) are widely distributed between the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic. The existence of both widely distributed and more restricted species makes this group a suitable model to study diversification patterns and prevailing modes of speciation. Phylogenies of eight out of the 11 currently recognised Pinctada species using mitochondrial (cox1) and nuclear (18S rRNA) data yielded two monophyletic groups that correspond to shell size and presence/absence of hinge teeth. Character trace of these morphological characters onto the molecular phylogeny revealed a strong correlation. Pinctada margaritifera appears polyphyletic with specimens from Mauritius grouping in a different clade from others of...
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Palavras-chave: Pinctada; Evolutionary patterns; Species complex; Allopatry; Biogeography.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14635/14015.pdf

Determination of gender in the pearl oyster pinctada margaritifera
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Chavez-villalba, Jorge; Soyez, Claude; Huvet, Arnaud; Gueguen, Yannick; Lo, Cedrik; Le Moullac, Gilles.
The pearl industry in French Polynesia is based on exploitation of natural stocks of the black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera); it generates an annual turnover of 90 million euros. Improvements in pearl quality need genetic studies to improve the populations. This pearl oyster is a protandric species, where the sex-ratio normally is biased towards males. There is an increasing interest in gender control to find the mechanisms to augment female proportions for management purposes. This review summarizes information on exogenous and endogenous factors regulating gender in this and other bivalves and concludes that P. margaritifera is a protandric hermaphrodite, developing as a male during the first two years and without evidence of an effect from...
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Palavras-chave: Pearl oyster; Pinctada; Hermaphrodite; Temperature; Food; Stress; Sex genes; Sex steroids.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00040/15100/12543.pdf