메기 (Silurus asotus)를 대상으로 210일간 기아 시 계측 형질 및 체 절단면 형질을 측정하여 그 기아 효과를 조사하였다. 실험 종료시 섭이군의 생존율은 92.2±0.47% 였으며, 기아군에서는 74.4±2.59%의 생존율을 보였다. Ls, DALPO/Ls, DADOP/Ls, ED/Ls, CH/Ls, BDAA/Ls, BDMA/Ls 및 BWAA/Ls의 8개 항목에서 유의한 차이를 보 였으며 (p<0.05), 다른 16개 항목 DALAD/Ls, DPDPL/ Ls, HPLAA/Ls, HALAV/Ls, HALOP/Ls, DAUPO/Ls, DADAV/Ls, DADAA/Ls, Max BL/Ls, Man BL/Ls, LD/Ls, HWOP/Ls, DAUF/HL, DAUS/HL, IW/HL 및 DAUE/HL 에서는 초기군, 섭이군 및 기아군의 세 그룹 간 유의한 차이가 없었다 (p>0.05). 섭이군은 각 체 절단면에서 기아군 보다 더 높은 전체 높이 (THX), 더 넓은 너비 (WX) 및 더 넓은 면적 (AX)을 보였다. 본 연구는 메기의 기아 상태에 대한 외형 및 체 절단면 형질에 대한 정보를 제공한다. 이는 메기에 대한 먹이 조절에 대한 방법을 보조하고 영양상태를 나타내는 기본 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 또 한, 본 연구에서 사용한 조사 분석 방법을 타 어종에서 적용 시 그 영양 상태에 대한 정보를 파악하는 데 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

Various biometric and geometric measures were used to discriminate between the morphologically similar river puffer, Takifugu obscurus, tiger puffer, T. rubripes, their hybrids, and their triploid hybrids. The hybrids and triploid hybrids had greater anal fin width, nostril width, and snout length than the parental species (p<0.05). However, they had less caudal peduncle depth, inter-orbital width, head length, and head width (p<0.05). The morphometric and meristic characteristics of the hybrids and triploid hybrids were either intermediate between the parental species or more similar to those of one parental species. However, the external morphology of the hybrids and triploid hybrids was predominantly maternal. The triploid hybrids had asymmetry in the fin rays and gill raker numbers. This study identified phenotypic characteristics by distinguishing the morphological variables of river puffer, tiger puffer, their hybrids, and their triploid hybrids.

본 연구에서는 외부형태적으로 매우 비슷한 참조기 (Larimichthys polyactis) 와 부세 (L. crocea)의 두 종 간 구분을 위해 계측형질 분석을 포함한 몇가지 기법들을 수행하였다. 총 48개의 계측형질 중 4개의 유의한 차이를 보이는 계측형질이 파악되었으며 (p<0.05) classical dimension에서는 유의한 차이를 보이는 계측형질은 없었다 (p>0.05). 오히려, 2가지의 truss dimension (Insertion of dorsal fin base - origin of pectoral fin base와 Origin of anal fin base - origin of pectoral fin base)와 2가지의 head part dimension (Most anterior extension of the head - above of eye와 Above of eye - posterior aspect of operculum)에서는 유의한 차이가 나타났다 (p<0.05). 하지만, 이러한 4가지 계측형질 중 head part dimension의 Above of eye - posterior aspect of operculum의 계측형질을 제외한 나머지 3가지 계측형질들에서 부세가 참조기에 비해 더 큰 수치를 나타내었다 (p<0.05). X-ray 분석 결과 curved vertebral column에서 부세는 45.1±2.34° 로 참조기의 38.4±1.82°에 비해 8.4% 더 큰 수치를 나타내었다 (p<0.05). 머리부위의 표피를 제거한 후의 유상돌기 는 두 종에 모두 존재하여 일반적으로 참조기에서만 유상 돌기가 존재한다고 알려진 바와는 달리, 유상돌기는 두 종을 구분하기 위한 형질로 볼 수 없었다. 본 연구 결과는 참조기와 부세에서 일부 외부 체형에 의해 명확히 구분 가능함을 시사한다.

본 연구에서는 한국 연안에 서식하는 대표적인 15종 패 류의 핵DNA 함량을 조사하였다. 복족류에서 DNA 함량 (pg DNA nucleus-1)은 3.3±0.08 (Haliotis discus hannai)과 2.4±0.18 (Batillus cornutus)이었다. 이매패류에서 DNA 함 량 (pg DNA nucleus-1)은 2.0±0.15 (Scapharca broughtonii), 3.0±0.12 (Mytilus galloprovincialis), 2.9±0.05 (Meretrix lusoria), 2.2±0.03 (M. lamarkii), 2.6±0.05 (Fulvia mutica), 1.8±0.18 (Tegillarca granosa), 3.3±0.01 (Solen corneus), 2.2±0.04 (Barnea manilensis), 2.5±0.32 (Crassostrea gigas), 3.9±0.24 (Atrina pectinate), 3.5±0.15 (Patinopecten yessoensis), 1.9±0.16 (Amygdala philippinarum) 및 2.3±0.14 (Pseudocardium sachalinensis)이었다. 본 연구 결과는 본 연구에 사용된 패류의 genomic 진화과정을 더욱 잘 이해하는 새로운 정보를 제공한다.

The method of natural spawning is very passive and inconvenient for the study of developmental engineering in marine medaka, Oryzias dancena. The optimum concentration of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and carp pituitary extract (CPE) for ovulation and spawning, and the injection time for the artificial spawning of marine medaka were analyzed in this study. The success rate, survival rate, and hatching rate were highest with 100 IU HCG kg-1 BW and 5 mg CPE L-1 in both male and female marine medaka (p<0.05). After obtaining unfertilized eggs and sperm by the injection of HCG and CPE into the broodstock of marine medaka, artificial fertilization could be successfully achieved any time fertilized eggs are needed in this species. This result should be useful for developing a study program for marine medaka as an experimental animal.

A 210-day experiment was conducted to examine the effects of starvation on survival, the gonadosomatic index (GSI), hepatosomatic index (HSI), and the intestinosomatic index (ISI), and histological changes in the renal tubule epithelium, midgut epithelium, and hepatocytes in Far Eastern catfish (Silurus asotus). The survival rate decreased to 92.2±0.47% in the fed group and 74.4±2.59% in the starved group during the 210-day experimental period. GSI, HSI, and ISI were lowest in the starved group (p<0.05). The hepatocyte nuclear area, hepatocyte cell area, the nuclear height of the midgut epithelium, and the nuclear height of the kidney were highest in the fed group (p<0.05). The hepatocyte nuclear area, nuclear height of the midgut epithelium, and nuclear height of the kidney were lowest in the starved group (p<0.05). The numbers of melano-macrophages (MMs) found in the kidney cells increased during starvation in this species. This suggests that thinner body cavity regions, the contraction of hepatocyte nuclear sites, and the spreading of kidney cell MMs in this species could be used as alternative indicators for identifying starvation conditions. Therefore, the results from our study provide accurate indications of the nutritional status of Far Eastern catfish.

The level at which analyses of DNA content might contribute more significantly to the genetic mechanisms of evolution lies in the events of speciation. The object of this study was to investigate the DNA content of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) and determine the optimal tissue samples for measuring the DNA content of abalone by flowcytometry without fixation. The DNA content (pg/nucleus) of gill tissue (2.5±0.08), which was contaminated with protozoa, was significantly lower than that of muscle tissue (3.2±0.02), mantle tissue (3.2±0.02) (p<0.05), and a standard reference standard, while the DNA contents of muscle tissue and mantle tissue were higher than that of the standard reference. Considering the results of this study, DNA content analysis with flowcytometry is an acute and rapid method by which muscle tissue and mantle tissue are the most appropriate sample for measuring the DNA content of abalone without fixation.

The sectioned-body morphometric characteristics of the diploid and triploid marine medaka, Oryzias dancena, of both sexes were examined to collect basic data on the significant differences between the diploid and triploid fish. Significant differences between the diploid and triploid fish in both sexes were observed in the body circumference anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the body circumference anterior to the base of the anal fin, the body circumference anterior to the base of the dorsal fin, the area anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the area anterior to the base of the anal fin, the area anterior to the base of the dorsal fin, the total height anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the total height anterior to the base of the anal fin, the height anterior to the base of the pelvic fin, the height anterior to the base of the anal fin, the width anterior to the base of the anal fin, the belly thickness II anterior to the base of the anal fin, section shape 2-1, and section shape 4-1 (p<0.05). These measurements were greater in the triploid marine medaka of both sexes than those in the diploid marine medaka of both sexes, and they were also greater in the male diploid and triploid marine medaka than those in the corresponding female fish. Therefore, the sectioned-body morphometric dimensions were greater in the triploid males than those in the triploid females and the diploid fish in this study.

This study identified the differences in the morphometric characteristics of the truss and classical dimensions between diploid and triploid Far Eastern catfish, Silurus asotus, and provided methods for sorting diploid and triploid Far Eastern catfish based on morphometric observations. The significant variables were the direct distance between the anterior edge of the lower lip and the anterior insertion of the dorsal fin (DALAD), the horizontal distance between the anterior edge of the lower lip and the anterior insertion of the ventral fin (HALAV), the direct distance between the anterior edge of the upper lip and the first nostril (DAUF), the direct distance between the anterior edge of the upper lip and the second nostril (DAUS), the interorbital width (IW), and the mandible barbel length (ManBL). The more significant variables were HALAV, DALAD, DAUF, IW, and DAUS. The most useful combination of variables for separating the two groups was DALAD, IW, and DAUF, which correctly classified 85% of the catfish as triploid or diploid, and that percentage was the maximum degree of value possible (p<0.05). Triploid Far Eastern catfish had a high rate of growth in the head region and body depth during the first year after hatching. Triploid Far Eastern catfish had smaller heads and shorter mandible barbels than diploid Far Eastern catfish.

해산송사리, Oryzias dancena 2배체와 유도 3배체 각 조직에서의 세포주기를 비교, 분석하였다. G1, S, G2+M기의 분포 빈도에서 꼬리지느러미인 경우 2배체에서는 85.8%, 7.6% 및 6.9%이었으며 유도 3배체에서는 91.2%, 3.6% 및 5.2%이었다. 간 조직인 경우 2배체에서는 78.4%, 10.6%, 및 11.0%이었으며 유도 3배체는 86.2%, 5.9% 및 7.9%이었다. 아가미 조직인 경우 2배체에서는 79.3%, 9.4% 및 11.3%이었으며 유도 3배체는 85.7%, 5.4% 및 8.9%이었다. 2배체와 유도 3배체에서 조직 간 세포 주기 빈도에서 유의한 차이가 있었다 (p<0.05). Mitosis (체세포분열)은 유도 3배체에 비해 2배체가 더욱 활성이 있었으며, 이러한 체세포분열은 2배체와 유도 3배체 모두에서 꼬리지느러미 조직 보다는 간 조직과 아가미 조직에서 더욱 왕성하였다.

To investigate effects of starvation on physiological changes, stress response, and survival of cobitid loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) exposed to sodium nitrite (NaNO2), a 4- week experiment was conducted. Fewer fish survived in the starved group than those in the fed group during the experiment. Starvation resulted in growth retardation, leading to differences in body length and body depth between fed and starved groups. The fed gorup continued to grow and remained in good condition. Blood chemical analysis (plasma cortisol and glucose) showed significant differences in stress response to nitrite exposure between fed and starved groups (p < 0.05). These results suggest that all parameters employed in this study to assess effects of starvation with NaNO2 stress are useful information for researching nutritional status in cobitid loach.

This study investigated cytogenetic and hematological and histological characteristics between diploid and spontaneous triploid on Cyprinidae (Crucian carp, Carassius auratus; crucian carp, C. cuvieri and common carp, Cyprinus carpio) in four major rivers of Korea. In our results, DNA contents of triploid Cyprinidae were 50% more than those of diploid Cyprinidae. Also, erythrocyte size of triploid Cyprinidae was 50% larger than those of diploid Cyprinidae. In all sampling rivers, sex ratios of C. auratus were biased to female, and especially, triploid groups of C. auratus were all female groups (p <0.05). In principle, sex ratios of C. cuvieri and common carp were equivalent between male and female.

복섬, Takifugu niphobles 부화 자어를 대상으로 기아에 따른 성장, 생존 및 간세포 핵 크기에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 자어의 전장은 부화 후 3일 까지 증가하였으나 부화 후 3일에서 부 화 후 6일까지 절식구는 공급구에 비해 유의한 낮은 성장을 보였다. 공급구 복섬의 체중은 실 험 기간 중 지속적인 증가를 보였다. 절식구의 체중은 부화 후 3일 까지 증가하였으나, 부화 후 3일 이후는 서서히 감소하였다. 절식구의 생존율은 공급구의 생존율에 비해 유의하게 낮았 으며(p < 0.05) 부화 후 6일째 절식구 자어는 폐사하였다. 절식구의 간세포 핵 크기는 부화 후 3일 까지는 공급구의 간세포 핵 크기와 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 부화 후 4일에서 부화 후 6일 까지는 절식구은 공급구에 비해 간세포 핵 크기 감소를 보이며 조직상 차이를 보였다. 본 연구 결과 도출된 자료들은 복섬의 영양상태 지표로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.