
Dispermic androgenesis was used to produce, for the first time, an androgenetic progeny of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and the androgenetic nuclear cytoplasmic hybrids (Siberian sturgeon, A. baerii x Russian sturgeon, A. gueldenstaedtii) using cryopreserved sperm. Microsatellite DNA analysis confirmed exclusively paternal inheritance in the androgenetic progeny of Siberian sturgeon. Heterozygotes for certain microsatellite loci were detected among the androgenetic hybrids, thereby confirming a dispermic nature of androgenesis. According to the data of comparative morphological analysis, the obtained androgenetic hybrid, by the age of 15 months old, was completely identical to the paternal species. Both a female and a male were detected in the androgenetic sturgeon progenies, which is of interest for producing bisexual progenies via androgenesis. The data of this study confirm the feasibility of dispermic androgenesis using cryopreserved sperm to preserve and recover the gene pools of endangered sturgeon species.
Cryopreservation, Male, Chimera, Endangered Species, Fishes, Spermatozoa, Siberia, Reproduction, Asexual, Animals, Female, Microsatellite Repeats
Cryopreservation, Male, Chimera, Endangered Species, Fishes, Spermatozoa, Siberia, Reproduction, Asexual, Animals, Female, Microsatellite Repeats
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