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Portuguese oyster

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Portuguese oyster


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Last year was France's worst crisis since the native European or Portuguese oyster was virtually wiped out nearly 40 years ago.
Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene sequences support an Asian origin for the Portuguese oyster Crassostrea angulata.
Japanese and Portuguese oysters have now started to breed here threatening indigenous varieties.
 
 
 
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