The shell is the main protective structure and a key feature of mollusks. In 2020, the researchers noticed that one cytoskeletal molecule (F-actin) was strongly aggregated in the shell field of the ...

All pearl oysters P. fucata used in this study were collected from Zhanjiang, Guangdong province of China and were cultured at 20 degrees centigrade in artificial seawater (3% salinity). Different ...