Abstract
Eggs of diploid females of Pleurodeles waltii, fertilized artificially by waltlii sperm, have been submitted to increased temperature of hydrostatic pressure during the first hour of development. Of the resulting viable individuals about 95% were triploid, the remainder diploid or tetraploid. Other types of ploidy have been observed in abnormal embryos (n, 2n/4n, 5n, n/5n, 6n). Some of the treated eggs came from females with a marker chromosome (pericentric inversion). The karyotypes of the animals developing from such eggs confirm that triploidy results from retention of the second polar body and make it possible to interpret the origin of the other types of ploidy. From the results it can be envisaged how gynogenetic animals can be obtained from eggs inseminated by inactivated sperm and shock-treated to restore diploidy.
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