Genetic discrimination for three gynogenetic clones of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix , based on restriction endonuclease analysis of Nd5-Nd6 region of mitochondrial DNA

Three artificial gynogenetic clones of silver carp were produced for the analysis of restriction enzyme digestion patterns of ND5-ND6 region from mtDNA of the clones. It is revealed that all intraclonal individuals shared completely the same digestion patterns but among interclonal individuals did not. The three clones were mixed and cultured in a pond together for two years, and restriction endonuclease digestion patterns of ND5–ND6 were used as genetic markers to assess the growth performance of each clone. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 39830300).