The clam Cyclina sinensis is one of the important economical aquaculture shellfish in China. However, the mechanisms of sex determination and differentiation in C. sinensis have not been fully studied. In this study, full-length cDNAs of DMRT3 and FOXL2 were cloned and functionally characterized. The ORF region of CsDMRT3 consists of 1137 nucleotides, which encode 378 amino acids contains a conserved DM domain of DMRT family....

Residual chlorine is a common by-product of warm drainage in coastal nuclear power plants. when accumulating to some limit, it may threaten marine ecosystem especially for benthic clam. However, there are few studies on the molecular mechanisms related to immunity and antioxidant of residual chlorine stress on clams. In this study, the clam ( Cyclina sinensis ) was exposed for 96 h at different concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150,...