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Daizhen Zhang1, Xiaoli Sun2,3, Lianfu Chen4

  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, Jiangsu Synthetic Innovation Center for Coastal Bio-Agriculture, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, China. daizhen79wenxin@163.com.

BMC Biology
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Oratosquilla oratoriaChromosome-level genome assemblyOpsinsThick cornea

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