Open AccessPolyploidy in a natural population of mussel, Mytilus trossulus
Author(s) -
Ana M. GonzálezTizón,
Andrés MartínezLage,
Juan Ausió,
Josefina Méndez
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
genome
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1480-3321
pISSN - 0831-2796
DOI - 10.1139/g99-138
Subject(s) - biology , mussel , mytilus , population , natural (archaeology) , natural population growth , chromosome number , ecology , zoology , fishery , chromosome , genetics , karyotype , gene , paleontology , demography , sociology
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.
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