Saltwater Exposure at Fertilization Induces Ploidy Alterations. Including Mosaicism, in Salmonid
- 19 December 1994
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 51 (S1), 42-49
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f94-294
Abstract
We found that salt water induces ploidy alterations in salmonid embryos. Flow cytometry analysis revealed significantly higher frequencies of haploids, triploids, heteroploid mosaics, and aneuploids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) embryos experimentally exposed to salt water from fertilization to the two- and eight-cell stages of development. Heteroploid mosaics have been reported in diploid and triploid salmonid hybrids, although none were observed in the triploid coho salmon or diploid and triploid coho salmon (O. kisutch) × chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) hybrids we examined. No mosaics were observed in intertidally spawned pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) embryos. Salt water could induce ploidy alterations by causing chromosome segregation errors during meiosis, mitosis, or both. Heteroploid embryos appeared morphologically normal although they may possess physiological deficiencies not immediately apparent.Keywords
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