FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Colour plasticity in the shells and pearls of animal graft model Pinctada margaritifera assessed by HSV colour quantification BT AF Stenger, Pierre-Louis Vidal-Dupiol, Jeremie Reisser, Celine Planes, Serge Ky, Chin-Long AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:3;5:1; FF 1:PDG-RBE-RMPF;2:PDG-RBE-IHPE;3:PDG-RBE-RMPF;4:;5:PDG-RBE-RMPF; C1 IFREMER, UMR 241 Écosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens, Labex Corail, Centre Ifremer du Pacifique, BP 49, 98725, Tahiti, French Polynesia IFREMER, UMR 5244 IHPE, University Perpignan Via Domitia, CNRS, University Montpellier, F-34095, Montpellier, France PSL Research University, EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Labex Corail, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE SI TAHITI MONTPELLIER SE PDG-RBE-RMPF PDG-RBE-IHPE UM IHPE EIO IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.998 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00497/60900/64239.pdf LA English DT Article AB The bivalve Pinctada margaritifera has the capacity to produce the most varied and colourful pearls in the world. Colour expression in the inner shell is under combined genetic and environmental control and is correlated with the colour of pearls produced when the same individual is used as a graft donor. One major limitation when studying colour phenotypes is grader subjectivity, which leads to inconsistent colour qualification and quantification. Through the use of HSV (Hue Saturation Value) colour space, we created an R package named ‘ImaginR’ to characterise inner shell colour variations in P. margaritifera. Using a machine-learning protocol with a training dataset, ImaginR was able to reassign individual oysters and pearls to predefined human-based phenotype categories. We then tested the package on samples obtained in an experiment testing the effects of donor conditioning depth on the colour of the donor inner shell and colour of the pearls harvested from recipients following grafting and 20 months of culture in situ. These analyses successfully detected donor shell colour modifications due to depth-related plasticity and the maintenance of these modifications through to the harvested pearls. Besides its potential interest for standardization in the pearl industry, this new method is relevant to other research projects using biological models. PY 2019 PD MAY SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 9 IS 1 UT 000468171100015 DI 10.1038/s41598-019-43777-4 ID 60900 ER EF