title: Experimental obtaining the polyploid Pacifi c oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) via a heat shock
abstract: Method of thermal induction was tested for the first time in the practice of Far Eastern aquaculture to obtain polyploid Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas . Experimental blocking of meiosis was performed 25 min after fertilisation by brief (3 min) exposure to the temperature of 32 o C. Efficiency of the method was evaluated with assessment of survival, growth and development of control and experimental larvae (groups 2N and 3N, respectively) in conditions of plant. Growth rate of juvenile Crassos
journal: The researches of the aquatic biological resources of Kamchatka and of the north-west part of the Pacific Ocean