Successful Cultivation of Albino Mauremys mutica for the First Time.

Zhenming REN; Kerning REN; Shaoming REN; Bingjing LIU; Yue ZHAO

Artificial albino Mauremys mutica was bred by a wild female albino M. mutica (P). F1 progeny was bred by mating between albino female turtle (P) and common male turtle, and F2 progeny was bred by mating between mature F1 male turtle with albino fe male turtl e (P). Ater 7-8 years of cultivation, the artificial albino M. mutica was successfully produced from the F3 progeny bred in 2007, which was the first artificial breeding of the albino M. mutica. Through the cultivation of 18 batches of 5 generations (F5), the emergence rate of albino M. mutica reached more than 85%, and it could reach 100% in some cases. A stable albino M. mutica gene was produced for the first time. Key words Mauremys mutica, Albino, First artificial cultivation

Asian Agricultural Research, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 8, p65

1943-9903

Academic Journal

10.19601/j.cnki.issn1943-9903.2020.08.016