Heterosis between two stocks of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians Lamarck (1819).

From: Journal of Shellfish Research | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Huaiping, Zheng; Guofan, Zhang; Ximing, Guo; Xiao, Liu | Copyright information

ABSTRACT Heterosis between two stocks (A and B) of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck, 1819) was studied by comparing performance in hatching success, larval survival, larval, spat and adult growth of reciprocal hybrid crosses (AB and BA) and that of two parental groups (AA and BB). Stock A is derived from the initial 1982 introduction from Connecticut, USA and expected to be highly inbred because of the small founder population (26 individuals) and the long br...

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