Oysters, as sessile organisms, are highly influenced by environmental conditions affecting their growth and reproduction. Therefore, unfavorable conditions can directly compromise the effectiveness of oyster reef restoration efforts. The study applied the dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory to model the growth of the Suminoe oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) and estimated the model’s main parameters through linear and nonlinear r...

Kidney-type glutaminase, encoded by the gls1 gene, plays a critical role in glutamate production and improvement of meat flavor. In this study, a gls1 gene encoding 595 amino acids was cloned from triploid crucian carp (Carassius auratus) (TCC) and showed a high similarity with the gls1 gene found in Cyprinus carpio, Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous and Puntigrus tetrazona. Comparing the abundance of gls1 in different tissues, we...

Heat shock protein 47 (Hsp47) is a collagen-specific molecular chaperone that is indispensable for molecular maturation of collagen. In this study, hsp47 and hsp47-like cDNAs were cloned and characterized in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). The cDNAs were 1212 and 1218 base pairs long, respectively, and included an open reading frame encoding 403 and 405 amino acids. The molecular phylogeny based on the deduced amino acid...