masters in aquaculture and fisheries genetics and selection part 2 chromosome manipulations...

MASTERS IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES Genetics and Selection

Part 2

Chromosome Manipulations

Polyploidy - Case study 1

Chromosome manipulation technology

Gynogenesis and androgenesis – Case study 2

Cryopreservation of gametes


Oyster Culture

• In 1996 (FAO) over 1,200,000 tons of the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) were produced in the world.

• Although it is a Japanese species it has been introduced in Australia, North America, France and New Zealand, always voluntarily;

• Why? Because it was the only way to enhance the production of oyster in these countries.

• Are there alternatives?


Oyster Paper


YES!

• Polyploidization,

• Hybridization between closely related species,

• Genetic selection


Attractiveness of Polyploidy

• Sterility:– Reduced environmental impact of escapees;– No diversion of energies towards maturation;

• Faster growth• Disease resistance• Simple technique


Polyploidization in OystersWhat is it and how does it work?

• Various ways to do it:– Suppress polar body I or II formation during

meiosis using cytochalasin B;– Pressure shocks;– Heat shocks;– 6-DMAP treatment of eggs;– Mate tetraploids with diploids.


Mitosis


Meiosis


Triploid Oysters


Tetraploid Oysters


Protocols for the induction of triploidy

• Allow fertilization to occur;• Shortly after (e.g. 10 min in rainbow trout) treat eggs

in order to inhibit extrusion of 2nd polar body:– Add cytochalasin B or heat shock or cold shock or pressure

shock the eggs. Thermal shocks are easier to implement although pressure shocks have produced better and more robust results (more expensive equipment required).


•The standard method is to induce triploidy by treatment of newly fertilized eggs with CB to prevent extrusion of PB2 (Allen et al., 1989).

•The alternative method, possible because of our development of tetraploid oysters, is by mating tetraploid and diploids (Guo et al., 1996).


Growth of Triploid vs. Diploid Oysters


Problems with Triploids

• For many species triploids are not allowed by law (e.g. sea bass in Europe);

• Although sterile many triploids differentiate and develop gonads to some extent (mosaics) , so growth advantage is not always there;


PAPER

Growth Trials with Triploid Bass


Triploid Hybrids

• Triploids where one diploid set of chromosomes comes from one species and one haploid set comes from another.– e.g. grass carp x common carp or rainbow trout x brook

trout;

• Often show increased survival;• Sterility is more sure;• Can often reproduce the growth advantage of

triploids without the mortality or deformity rates sometimes seen in triploids (e.g. coho x chinook salmon triploids)


Gynogenesis

• Diploid individuals with both set of chromosomes from their mothers;

• In species with homogametic females it will produce all-female lines;

• Two main applications:– Sex control for the production of all-female lines in species

where females mature larger than the commercial size;– Rapid inbreeding for the generation of inbred lines (mainly

useful for research purposes, but potentially also useful for the production of hybrids between inbred lines with resulting heterosis)


Protocols for Gynogenesis

• Sterilize sperm using radiation or chemical treatments;• Allow fertilization to occur;• Shortly after (e.g. 10 min in rainbow trout) treat eggs in order to

inhibit extrusion of 2nd polar body:– Add cytochalasin B or heat shock or cold shock or pressure shock

the eggs. Thermal shocks are easier to implement although pressure shocks have produced better and more robust results (more expensive equipment required).

• Treatment applied in the first division will produce partially homozygous diploids;

• A late treatment results in totally homozygous diploids.


Problems of Gynogenetic Lines

• Highly Inbred, with low survival rates, poor growth, high deformities, etc.;– This can be reversed if a gynogenetic, inbred

population is hormonally sex-reversed and then mated with normal females. The offspring will be all females and outbred.

• As a means of controlling reproduction there is a risk that introduced males will lead to establishment of an unwanted population;


Gynogenetic Seabass Lines


Cryopreservation of Gametes


The benefits of cryopreservation in aquaculture species include the

following:

1. Cryopreservation can be used to improve hatchery operations by providing sperm on demand and simplifying the timing of induced spawning.

2. Frozen sperm can enhance efficient use of facilities and create new opportunities in the hatchery by eliminating the need to maintain live males.

3. Valuable genetic lineages, such as endangered species, research models or improved farmed strains, can be protected by storing frozen sperm. This could be critical for marine species such as shellfish, where valuable broodstocks must be stored in natural waters.


The benefits of cryopreservation in aquaculture species include the

following (cont.):

4. Sperm can be used in breeding programs to create new, improved lines and shape the genetic resources available for aquaculture operations. A dramatic example of this is in the dairy industry, which relies almost entirely upon cryo-preserved sperm to produce improvements in milk yields.

5. Cryopreserved sperm of aquatic species will likely become an entirely new industry within the coming decade. Large, highly valuable global markets for cryopreserved sperm of aquatic species are on the horizon.

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