Sympatric occurrence of triploid, aneuploid and tetraploid weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae).
Ploidy analyses of 116 weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis individuals revealed the sympatric occurrence of triploid, intermediate aneuploid and tetraploid specimens in a 1:1:4 ratio. No diploids were detected and the sex ratio of triploids and tetraploids was 1:1, while that of aneuploids was skewed at 3:1 for males. An origin of intermediate aneuploids from mating triploids with tetraploids is hypothesized.
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic. drozd@vurh.jcu.cz
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D000782:Aneuploidy; D000818:Animals; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D008297:Male; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D057891:Tetraploidy; D057885:Triploidy