Detailed Record for Pinctada fucata

Common Name: Pearl oyster

Taxonomy: Phylum Mollusca / Class Bivalvia / Order Pterioida / Family Pteriidae / Genus Pinctada

C-value (pg): 1.18

Chromosome Number (2n): 28

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Takifugu rubripes = 0.37pg, Danio rerio = 1.74pg

References:
Takeuchi, T., T. Kawashima, R. Koyanagi, F. Gyoja, M. Tanaka, T. Ikuta, E. Shoguchi, M. Fujiwara, C. Shinzato, K. Hisata, M. Fujie, T. Usami, K. Nagai, K. Maeyama, K. Okamoto, H. Aoki, T. Ishikawa, T. Masaoka, A. Fujiwara, K. Endo, H. Endo, H. Nagasawa, S (2012). Draft genome of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata: a platform for understanding bivalve biology. DNA Research 19: 117-130.

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