Simultaneous High Sensitivity Trace-Element and Isotopic Analysis of Gemstones Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Published in Journal of Gemmology, 2016, 35, 3, 212-223. Author(s): H.A.O. Wang, M.S. Krzemnicki, J.-P. Chalain, P. Lefevre, W. Zhou, L.E. Cartier

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Abstract: We report the first successful extraction of oyster DNA from a pearl and use it to identify the source oyster species for the three major pearl-producing oyster species Pinctada margaritifera, P. maxima and P. radiata. Both mitochondrial and nuclear gene fragments could be PCR-amplified and sequenced.

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