Figure 3
Expression patterns of the candidate genes in different Pinctada fucata tissues by semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Total RNA in adult oyster gill, adductor muscle (Mus), viscera (Vis), gonad (Gon), foot, mantle pallial (MP), and mantle edge (ME) was extracted and reverse-transcribed as templates. β-actin gene expression was used as a positive control.