supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41006090);Joint Program of NSFC-Guangdong (U0831001);the Funds of Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (ZCX2-EW-Q21)
In this study, we examined the effect of elevated temperature on the expression patterns of genes, i.e., nacrein, irr, n16, n19, and hsp70 in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata. The experiment was carried out at 4 tempe...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U0831001 and 40876068);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2010CB126405 and 2010AA- 09Z405)
Three variants of the sequence of formation of the nacre-prism transition layer were observed in Pinctada fucata (Bivalvia, Mollusca) shells. In each case, the layer was formed by the organic matrix secreted by the ma...