Induction of polyploidy in salmonids by cytochalasin B |
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| Authors: | Terje Refstie Vidar Vassvik Trygve Gjedrem |
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| Institution: | Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Agricultural University of Norway, As-NLH As, Norway |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of producing tetraploid fishes. Eggs of salmon (Salmo Salar) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were treated with concentrations of cytochalasin B ranging from 1 μg/ml to 100 μg/ml for varying periods of time. All treated groups had higher death rates than untreated controls. If the treatment was started immediately after fertilization and before the eggs had swollen all eggs died. The highest frequency of mosaic embryos and polyploid cells was obtained when the treatment started 35–70 h° (hour-degrees) after fertilization and lasted until about the 4-cell stage of development. A dose of 10 μg/ml of cytochalasin B gave the most satisfactory results. This concentration was used for further work. Two batches of 6000 salmon eggs and several groups of rainbow trout eggs were treated and hatched. The hatchability was generally low while the control group had a normal hatchability. If some of the treated fish are eventually found to be tetraploids and fertile, they will be used to produce triploid offspring by crossing with normal diploid fish. |
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