title: Polyploidy in a natural population of mussel, Mytilus trossulus.
abstract: We have analyzed natural polyploidy in a population of Mytilus trossulus from Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) by means of cytogenetic techniques. Results obtained are the first reporting on this type of numerical chromosome aberrations in mussels.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, La Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Tizón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ausio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Méndez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes; D007621:Karyotyping; D008677:Metaphase; D011123:Polyploidy