Animal husbandry – Aquatic animal culturing – Mollusk culturing
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Nguyen, T. (Department: 3644)
Animal husbandry
Aquatic animal culturing
Mollusk culturing
Reexamination Certificate
active
07013836
ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for using a spawning agent and a steroid to stimulate gonadal development, oocyte maturation, and meiotic synchrony in oysters and other bivalves. Advantages of the novel technique include a decrease in the variability of fertilization among different individuals, a decrease in the variability of larval production by synchronizing gamete maturation within a population, the ability to mature and spawn broodstock without sacrificing the animals, to conserve and maintain genetic lines, and the ability to improve cross-breeding programs, with or without the use of transgenics, by repeated spawning of individuals. The method may be used, for example, in oyster hatchery production, with an emphasis on conservation of broodstock. The invention allows the successful and repeatable breeding of either diploids or polyploids, selective breeding, and the breeding of transgenic oyster lines, all without the need to sacrifice the founder animals. The animals are first treated with estradiol-17β or an agonist. The estradiol-17β or agonist promotes the maturation of oocytes, so that mature oocytes are then released with high meiotic synchrony in response to subsequent induced spawning stimuli such as serotonin.
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