Vitro culture of axe-head glochidia in pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus and mechanism of its high host specialists

• Hai Bo Wen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hai Bo Wen, Wu Jin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-6691

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• Wu Jin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hai Bo Wen, Wu Jin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Xue Yan Ma,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Bing Qing Zheng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Pao Xu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xup@ffrc.cn (PX); gurb@ffrc.cn (RBG)

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Liang Xu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Dan Hua,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Cumberland River Aquatic Center, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Xin Hua Yuan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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• Ruo Bo Gu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xup@ffrc.cn (PX); gurb@ffrc.cn (RBG)

  Affiliations Wuxi Fishery College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes-Ministry of Agriculture, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, Sino-US Cooperative International Laboratory for Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Freshwater Mollusks, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

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