Efficient production of donor-derived gametes from triploid recipients following intra-peritoneal germ cell transplantation into a marine teleost, Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

Intra-peritoneal spermatogonial transplantation using allogenic triploid recipients was first demonstrated in marine teleosts. In addition to efficient and exclusive donor-derived gametogenesis, we found that use of functionally sterile triploid recipients improved the percentage of recipients that produce donor-derived gametes. Consequently, triploid surrogates were more suitable than diploid surrogates and that use of triploid surrogates may accelerate the application of surrogate broodstock technology in aquaculture-targeted, genetically valuable, or endangered marine teleosts.