Yichang (CNS) – Some of the over 50,000 fertilized ova gleaned from Chinese sturgeon for artificial propagation have hatched, announces the Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute at the China Three Gorges Corporation.
It is the second time the institute successfully conducted an experiment in the sturgeon's artificial propagation. The last time was in September 2009, when 28,000 fertilized ova were collected.
The Chinese sturgeon, members of the family Acipenseridae, has lived in the Yangtze River since the time of the dinosaurs, a period dating back 140 million years. As one of China's endangered species, it is an important reference for research on biological evolution and changes in the ecological environment along the Yangtze River.
