Re: Cloning Killifish

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

Yep,

It happens naturally with *Riv. marmoratus*, which is usually a 
self-fertilizing female/hermaphrodite killifish. Her eggs are 
self-fertile, but true males are produced under some environmental 
conditions, I am told. IDK what causes males, and it would be fun to know. 
The females are pretty plain and even a bit ugly.

Wright

Rudnick wrote:

>   The other night during feeding time I observed a number of specks (12-20)
> surrounding my mateless female, then slowly sink to the bottom.  I was able
> to snag one with an eye dropper and it proved to be an unfertilzed egg.  Now
> a couple of days later my curiousity has me wondering, has anyone tried to
> clone a killifish, as supposedly can be done with frog eggs?
>   It is not that I really want to try it, but just curious.
>
> Ron Rudnick
>
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