Viable Tetraploids in the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea Gigas Thunberg) Produced by Inhibiting Polar Body in Eggs from Triploids

Guo, X.M., and S. K. Allen. 1994. Viable tetraploids in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) produced by inhibiting polar body in eggs from triploids. Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol 3:42–50

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Estimation of Preferential Pairing Rates in Second-Generation Autotetraploid Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea Gigas)

Curole, J. P., and D. Hedgecock. 2005. Estimation of preferential pairing rates in second-generation autotetraploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Genetics 171:855-859. This is the first and only genetic analysis ever made of meiosis in tetraploid shellfish.

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Polyploid Fish and Shellfish: Production, Biology and Applications to Aquaculture for Performance Improvement and Genetic Containment

Piferrer, F., A. Beaumont, J-C Falguière, M. Flajšhans, P. Haffray, and L. Colombo. 2009. Polyploid fish and shellfish: Production, biology and applications to aquaculture for performance improvement and genetic containment. Aquaculture 293:125–156.

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Maturation, Spawning, and Fecundity of the Farmed Pacific Geoduck Panopea Generosa in Puget Sound, Washington

Vadopalas, B., J. P. Davis, and C. S. Friedman. 2015. Maturation, spawning, and fecundity of the farmed Pacific geoduck Panopea generosa in Puget Sound, Washington. Journal of Shellfish Research 34:31-37.

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