{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(3)"],"submitter":["Huang F"],"pubmed_abstract":["Pearl culture has long been a major global industry. As a significant global producer, China mainly produces pearls from the freshwater mussel (<i>Sinohyriopsis cumingii</i>). <i>S. cumingii</i> with various shell colors can produce pearls of different colors; for example, mussels with a blue-white shell can produce white pearls, while those with a purple shell can produce light-purple pearls. Therefore, investigating the molecular genetics of shell color variation in <i>S. cumingii</i> can advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying differences in shell and pearl coloration in these mussels. In this study, we selected juvenile <i>S. cumingii</i> with four differently colored inner shells and collected tissue samples for transcriptomic analysis. The results showed that many key "],"journal":["Animals : an open access journal from MDPI"],"pagination":["416"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12897141"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Transcriptome Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Freshwater Pearl Mussel (&lt;i&gt;Sinohyriopsis cumingii&lt;/i&gt;) with Four Different Shell Colors."],"pmcid":["PMC12897141"],"pubmed_authors":["Huang F","Xing J","Tang J","Tang Z","Liang X","Lou B","Jiang Q","Yang Q","Xu Y","Zhu S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Transcriptome Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Freshwater Pearl Mussel (&lt;i&gt;Sinohyriopsis cumingii&lt;/i&gt;) with Four Different Shell Colors.","description":"Pearl culture has long been a major global industry. As a significant global producer, China mainly produces pearls from the freshwater mussel (<i>Sinohyriopsis cumingii</i>). <i>S. cumingii</i> with various shell colors can produce pearls of different colors; for example, mussels with a blue-white shell can produce white pearls, while those with a purple shell can produce light-purple pearls. Therefore, investigating the molecular genetics of shell color variation in <i>S. cumingii</i> can advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying differences in shell and pearl coloration in these mussels. In this study, we selected juvenile <i>S. cumingii</i> with four differently colored inner shells and collected tissue samples for transcriptomic analysis. The results showed that many key ","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Jan","modification":"2026-07-07T03:13:21.928Z","creation":"2026-07-07T03:08:34.247Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12897141","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41681397"],"doi":["10.3390/ani16030416"]}}