ZoologybioRxivPreprint
Direct control of shell regeneration by the mantle tissue in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata via accelerating CaCO3 nucleation
Jingliang Huang, Yangjia Liu, Taifeng Jiang…·Rongqing Zhang
This study shows that mantle tissue retraction and dislocation in Pinctada fucata directly control shell regeneration by accelerating CaCO3 nucleation through increased shell matrix protein expression.
DOI 10.1101/572024