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Interaction of genotype and salinity in larvae of the oyster Crassostrea virginica

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Adult Crassostrea virginica were obtained from 4 populations and spawned in the laboratory. The larvae from the within-population crosses and the hybrid crosses were raised at 4 salinities. There were no significant differences in survival of the larvae between the populations. However, one set of hybrids did show overdominance in survival. There were genetic differences between the populations in growth rate, but the expression of the differences depended upon the salinity, i.e, there was significant genotype-environment interaction. There were expressions of nonadditive genetic effects in the hybrid crosses, but the direction and magnitude was dependent upon the salinity. There was as much difference between populations from the same estuary as there was between populations from geographically isolated populations.

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  1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    G. Newkirk

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Communicated by M.R. Tripp, Newark

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Newkirk, G. Interaction of genotype and salinity in larvae of the oyster Crassostrea virginica . Mar. Biol. 48, 227–234 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397149

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