Whole transcriptome sequencing and biomineralization gene architecture associated with cultured pearl quality traits in the pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
Jérémy Le Luyer, Pauline Auffret, Virgile Quillien, N. Leclerc, CÉLINE M. O. REISSER, Jérémie Vidal‐Dupiol, Chin‐Long Ky
The paper uses RNA-seq to compare transcriptome expression in pearl sacs of P. margaritifera producing high and low quality pearls, identifying gene expression differences and alternative splicing patterns in biomineralization genes.
BMC Genomics · Feb 6, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology