date:Dec 09, 2013
, the research project marks one of the first times that the complete genome of a native Australian animal has been decoded.
Raftos says that the Sydney rock oysters, which can be found as far north as the Sunshine Coast, are crucial to the sustainability of estuaries and rivers along Australias east coast as they anchored the ecology of many coastal ecosystems.
In often hostile environments, oyster beds provide refuges for a broad range of other species, and oysters are an important prey item