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F.  Blanc and Durand, P., ?Genetic variability in natural bivalves populations: the case of the black-lipped pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera?, La Mer, vol. 27, pp. 125-126, 1989.

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T.  Masaoka and Kobayashi, T., ?Phylogenetic relationships in Pearl Oysters (Genus : Pinctada) based on nuclear rRNA sequences?, DNA Polymorphism, vol. 10, pp. 100-104, 2002.

T.  Masaoka and Kobayashi, T., ?Estimation of phylogenetic relationships in Pearl Oysters (Genus : Pinctada) based on 28SrRNA and ITS sequence?, DNA Polymorphism, vol. 11, pp. 76-81, 2003.

T.  Masaoka and Kobayashi, T., ?Estimation of phylogenetic relationships in Pearl Oysters (Mollusks: Bivalvia: Pinctada) used for pearl production based on rRNA genes sequence?, DNA Polymorphism, vol. 13, pp. 151-162, 2005.

M.  Rousseau, Plouguerne, E., Wan, G., Wan, R., Lopez, E., and Fouchereau-Peron, M., ?Biomineralisation markers during a phase of active growth in Pinctada margaritifera?, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 135, pp. 271-278, 2003.

K. T.  Wada, ?Electrophoretic variants of leucin aminopeptidase of the Japanese pearl oyster Pinctada fucata (Gould)?, Bulletin of the National Pearl Research Laboratory, pp. 2152-2156, 1978.

M.  Rousseau, Pereira-Mouriès, L., Almeida, M. - J., Milet, C., and Lopez, E., ?The water-soluble matrix fraction from the nacre of Pinctada maxima produces earlier mineralization of MC3T3-E1 mouse pre-osteoblasts?, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, vol. 137, pp. 1-7, 2003.