Zhe Zheng

TL;DR: The highly polymorphic genome of the pearl oyster is sequenced and a large set of novel proteins participating in matrix-framework formation are identified, including components similar to that found in vertebrate bones such as collagen-related VWA-containing proteins, chondroitin sulfotransferases, and regulatory elements.

TL;DR: Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analyses showed that fast-growing individuals exhibited higher biomineralization activity than the slow-growing group, which consumed more energy than the fast- growing group in response to environmental stress.

TL;DR: A large-scale characterization of pm-miRNAs and their potential function in biomineralization, providing a foundation to understand shell formation is demonstrated.

TL;DR: A metabolomic approach based on gas chromatography–mass spectroscopy was applied to assess the metabolite changes between the fast-growing and slow-growing groups of P. maxima and to understand the mechanism of their unsynchronized growth.

TL;DR: IL‐17s in invertebrates originate from the same ancestral gene, implying that invertebrate IL‐17 evolved from one common ancestral gene.