Production of Hybrid, Androgenetic, and Gynogenetic Grass Carp and Carp
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 105 (1) , 10-16
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1976)105<10:pohaag>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Hybridization, androgenesis, and gynogenesis were studied as potential methods for creating nonreproducing populations of fish. Hybrids from crosses of female grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) X male carp (Cyprinus carpio, Israeli mirrow variety) died during embryonic development. Hybrids of the reciprocal cross hatched and were stocked in ponds, but most died within 3 months. Dimensions of the nuclei of erythrocytes from hybrids indicated that survivors were polyploid. Androgenetic grass carp and gynogenetic carp were both observed in this reciprocal cross. Gynogenesis occurred in 3% of the eggs from grass carp fertilized with UV‐irradiated milt from carp. Nuclear dimensions of androgenetic and gynogenetic fish suggested a diploid karyotype. The yield of 7,862 gynogenetic grass carp is evidence that this method might be practical for production of monosex fish for experimentation.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: