First evaluation of resistance to both a California OsHV-1 variant and a French OsHV-1 microvariant in Pacific oysters

Abstract Background Variants of the Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) cause high losses of Pacific oysters globally, including in Tomales Bay, California, USA. A suite of new variants, the OsHV-1 microvariants (μvars), cause very high mortalities of Pacific oysters in major oyster-growing regions outsi...

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Main Authors: Konstantin Divilov, Blaine Schoolfield, Benjamin Morga, Lionel Dégremont, Colleen A. Burge, Daniel Mancilla Cortez, Carolyn S. Friedman, Gary B. Fleener, Brett R. Dumbauld, Chris Langdon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-019-0791-3