Author/Editor     Al-Sabti, K
Title     Detection of triploidy in fish using the cytokinesis-blocked method for erythrocyte and hepatic cells
Type     članek
Source     Cytobios
Vol. and No.     Letnik 82, št. 330
Publication year     1995
Volume     str. 181-7
Language     eng
Abstract     The use of two cytochalasin-blocked methods with erythrocyte and hepatic cells was developed to identify spontaneous and/or induced triploid fish by observing the presence of trinucleated cells. Spontaneous triploids were found in two specimens out of fifteen commercial rainbow trout from a hatchery at 2 years of age. Some rare spontaneous triploid (3n) trinucleated cells were also found in the other thirteen diploid (2n) trout specimens under investigation. The use of this novel technique in a study of the triploidy in vitro, allows evaluation of the polyploid specimens under field and laboratory experimental conditions. The potential contribution of binucleated hepatic and erythrocyte techniques in fish to the assessment of polyploidy is discussed.
Descriptors     ERYTHROCYTES
LIVER
MICRONUCLEUS TESTS
ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS
POLYPLOIDY
CYTOCHALASIN B
CELL DIVISION