Germ cell recovery, cryopreservation and transplantation in the California white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus.

ABSTRACT: The white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is the largest freshwater fish in North America. Because of the unique life history characteristics of sturgeon, including longevity, late maturation and long spawning intervals, their aquaculture can be a significant investment of resources. As a result of habitat loss and overharvesting, natural populations of white sturgeon are threatened and there is a growing effort to improve conservation aquaculture programs. Germ cell transplantation is an innovative technology previously demonstrated in a variety of fish species to be able to produce a surrogate broodstock. The technique relies upon optimal donor germ cell recovery and transplantation into a recipient fish. In this study, we developed and optimized the harvest of donor cells for germlin

SUBMITTER: Romney ALT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558555 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature