Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education - Singapore (R-154-000-A37-114 and R-154-000-B69-114)
Article History
Received: 13 August 2020
Accepted: 20 November 2020
First Online: 2 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
: Institutional approval was not required for research on giant clams (National University of Singapore Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee). Nonetheless, all applicable international, national and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. To minimize pain to the animal, giant clams were anaesthetized with 0.2% phenoxyethanol before tissue sample collection.