US Patent Issued to OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA on Dec. 2 for "Molecular markers for germplasm identification and selection of carotenoid-rich bay scallops" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,543, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA.

"Molecular markers for germplasm identification and selection of carotenoid-rich bay scallops" was invented by Xiaoli Hu (Qingdao, China), Shiqi Liu (Qingdao, China), Huizhen Wang (Qingdao, China), Yihan Zhang (Qingdao, China), Jingyao Yuan (Qingdao, China) and Zhenmin Bao (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide molecular markers for germplasm identification and selection of carotenoid-rich bay scallops. The molecular markers include SNP1, SNP2, SNP3 and SNP4. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a group...