| Aneuploidy has previously been reported in wild and cultivated Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, and it has been shown to be negatively correlated with growth. This is especially important since high variability of growth rate is one of the major problems in the aquacultural production of this species. The existence of an environmental factor (such as atrazine contamination) with an effect on aneuploidy level was first investigated through the study of a population of Crassostrea gigas subjected to different concentrations of atrazine. The treatments applied represent peak values found in the environment (0,01 mg/l) plus a value ten times higher (0,1 mg/l). Our results have shown that although atrazine did not have an effect on the mortality of adult... |
