The blue mussel Mytilus chilensis is an endemic and key socioeconomic species inhabiting
the southern coast of Chile. This bivalve species supports a booming aquaculture industry …

This book is the result of several years of research on the superfamily Mactroidea. I started to
study the taxonomy of the species belonging to the family Mactridae of southwestern Atlantic …

The blue mussel Mytilus chilensis is a key socioeconomic species inhabiting the southern
coast of Chile. This endemic marine mussel supports a booming aquaculture industry, which …

The immune system in marine invertebrates is mediated through cellular and humoral
components, which act together to address the action of potential pathogenic …

Simple Summary The surf clam Mesodesma donacium, known in the Southeastern Pacific
as “macha”, has experienced decreased availability for local consumption due to high levels …

Evidence of hybridization in Haliotis has been mainly supported by hatchery experiences
and collection of wild hybrid abalones among several species from natural populations …

The main objective of this research was to identify single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s)
from an Expressed Sequences Tags (EST) data set generated by 454 pyrosequencing in the …

Advances in oyster farming have been achieved with biotechnological applications, such as
chromosome manipulations aimed at polyploidy. The bivalve Anomalocardia brasiliana is of …

The pill clams Pisidium chilense (d'Orbigny, 1846) and Pisidium huillichum showed a 2C
DNA content of 4.04±0.4 pg and 2.35±0.24 pg, respectively. The somatic DNA content of …

The mariculture is expanding and there are few studies on native mollusks, including those
that may elucidate the taxonomy of Brazilian species. Cytogenetic information is important to …