One in a Million: Genetic Diversity and Conservation of the Reference Crassostrea angulata Population in Europe from the Sado Estuary (Portugal).

ABSTRACT: The production of cupped oysters is an important component of European aquaculture. Most of the production relies on the cultivation of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, although the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata represents a valuable product with both cultural and economic relevance, especially in Portugal. The authors of the present study investigated the genetic diversity of Portuguese oyster populations of the Sado estuary, both from natural oyster beds and aquaculture facilities, through cox1 gene fragment sequencing. Then, a comparison with a wide dataset of cupped oyster sequences obtained from GenBank (up to now the widest available dataset in literature for the Portuguese oyster) was performed. Genetic data obtained from this work confirmed that t

SUBMITTER: Chiesa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature