DNA Techniques Applied to the Identification of Pinctada Fucata Pearls from Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan Supplementary Data

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Supplementary Figures. From K. Saruwatari et al., “DNA Techniques Applied to the Identification of Pinctada Fucata Pearls from Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan,” Spring 2018 Gems & Gemology, pp. 40–50.

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