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SUBMITTER: Du X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597905 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Du Xiaodong X Fan Guangyi G Jiao Yu Y Zhang He H Guo Ximing X Huang Ronglian R Zheng Zhe Z Bian Chao C Deng Yuewen Y Wang Qingheng Q Wang Zhongduo Z Liang Xinming X Liang Haiying H Shi Chengcheng C Zhao Xiaoxia X Sun Fengming F Hao Ruijuan R Bai Jie J Liu Jialiang J Chen Wenbin W Liang Jinlian J Liu Weiqing W Xu Zhe Z Shi Qiong Q Xu Xun X Zhang Guofan G Liu Xin X
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Nacre, the iridescent material found in pearls and shells of molluscs, is formed through an extraordinary process of matrix-assisted biomineralization. Despite recent advances, many aspects of the biomineralization process and its evolutionary origin remain unknown. The pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii is a well-known master of biomineralization, but the molecular mechanisms that underlie its production of shells and pearls are not fully understood. We sequenced the highly polymorphic geno ...[more]