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| Thomas, Yoann; Belliard, Corinne; Garen, Pierre; Gueguen, Yannick; Montagnani, Caroline. |
| In French Polynesia, the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera has been farmed to produce pearls since the 1980s, forming the basis of a major industry. The sustainability of this activity relies on spat collection in the lagoons. However, pearl oyster spat can be difficult to identify for the evaluation of stock variations. It is especially hard to distinguish Pinctada spp. larvae at a very early stage of development. In the present study, a whole- mount in situ hybridisation (ISH) technique was developed to allow the discrimination of larvae of closely-related pearl oyster species found in the French Polynesian atolls. Using specific ribosomal 16S-DNA sequence data, we were able to successfully differentiate between Pinctada margaritifera and... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Whole larvae in situ hybridisation; 16S rRNA; Plankton; Species identification; Pearl oyster; Pinctada margaritifera. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14603/11923.pdf |
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