Analysis of Gene Expression in an Inbred Line of Soft-Shell Clams (Mya arenaria) Displaying Growth Heterosis: Regulation of Structural Genes and the NOD2 Pathway

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Growth and survival of inbred line of M. arenaria. (a) Size, measured in shell length (SL) (in mm, open bars) and growth, measured as mean final SL (in mm, diagonally hatched bars) in the F3 versus F1 Mya arenaria. Error bars represent 95% CI (). Growth was 35.4% greater in the F3 versus F1 line. (b) Mean percent survival (open bars) in F3 versus F1 Mya arenaria. Mean percent survival was greater in the F3 versus F1 line by 126.4% ().

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