Association between novel EST-SNPs and commercial traits in Pinctada fucata martensii
To facilitate marker-assisted selection for genetic improvement of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii, two novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers (A376C and A316C) were screened from two shell matrix genes (prismalin-14 and N19 gene), Younger Looking Skin and genotyped to investigate their correlations to five commercial traits,