Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically
and economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and …

The appropriate selection of reference genes for the normalization of non-biological
variance in reverse transcription real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is essential for the …

The aim of this review is to find answers to some of the questions surrounding reference
genes and their reliability for quantitative experiments. Reference genes are assumed to be …

Background Reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is widely used for gene
expression analysis in various organisms. Its accuracy largely relies on the stability of …

The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, forms reefs that provide critical services to the
surrounding ecosystem. These reefs are at risk from climate change, in part because altered …

Purpose The aim of this study is to develop a normalization method for real-time PCR data
by analyzing the most stably expressed control genes in mussel (Mytilus edulis) …

The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a cephalopod species with a high economic
market value, hence one of the species in spotlight to be reared in aquaculture. The …

Background Bivalves comprise around 30,000 extant species and have received much
attention for their importance in ecosystems, aquaculture and evolutionary studies. Despite …

Bonamiosis due to the parasite Bonamia ostreae has been associated with massive
mortality in flat oyster stocks in Europe. Control of the disease currently relies on disease …

Massive mortality outbreaks have been reported in France since 2008 among Pacific
oysters, Crassostrea gigas, with the detection of a particular OsHV-1 variant called μVar …