Abstract
Mitotic gynogenesis was induced in the far eastern catfish, Silurus asotus using UV-irradiated heterospecific sperm and cold shock treatment. Eggs were activated with the sperm of mud loach, Misgurnus mizolepis which has been irradiated with UV at dose of 9,000 ergs/$mm^2$. To determine the optimum duration required to prevent the first cleavage, a cold shock at 4$^{\circ}C$ with duration of 20, 30 or 40 min was applied to the eggs 50 min after activation. To induce diploidization of mitogenesis, the most effective protocol was to apply cold shock to 50-min old (after activation) eggs at 4$^{\Circ}C$ for 30min.
