Shi, Xi
Waiho, Khor
Li, Xincang
Ikhwanuddin, Mhd
Miao, Guidong
Lin, Fan
Zhang, Yueling
Li, Shengkang
Zheng, Huaiping
Liu, Wenhua
Aweya, Jude Juventus
Azmie, Ghazali
Baylon, Juliana C.
Quinitio, Emilia T.
Ma, Hongyu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2299-503X
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Key Research & Development Program of China (2018YFD0900201)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772837)
the “Sail Plan” Program for the Introduction of Outstanding Talents of Guangdong Province, China
the National Program for Support of Top-Notch Young Professionals
the Science and Technology Project of Shantou City (2016-44)
the STU Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (NTF17006)
the Programme for Innovation and Enhancement of School of Department of Education of Guangdong Province (2017KCXTD014)
the Program of Ocean and Fishery Department of Guangdong Province (Yueyu2018-11)
Article History
Received: 21 June 2018
Accepted: 16 December 2018
First Online: 29 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The sampling location is not privately owned or protected, and no specific permission is required. The collection of cultured crabs was permitted by the animal owners who agreed to be involved in the project through their respective associations with Marine Biology Institute of Shantou University. All animal experimental procedures used in this study were approved by the committee for Animal Experiments of the Marine Biology Institute of Shantou University. The methods applied in this study were carried out in strict accordance with the Laboratory Animal Management Principles of China.
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