Preparation and storage of fish samples for flow cytometry

Flow cytometry enabling rapid measurement of cellular DNA content has been widely used in ichthyology and fishery practice. The aim of the methodology is to contribute to optimization of work on the flow cytometer by helping with the selection, sampling and possibilities of fixation of analyzed tissue and interpretation of obtained data. The target group are people from fishery companies and ichthyologists dealing with the problem of the fish population structure in free water. During the sampling and analyzing of samples problem can be limited availability of fixative and techniques as well as analyzes of material not originally retained for the purpose of ploidy determination. Typical examples are temporary usable or archive preparations, museum material, etc. For the verification were preferred representatives of polyploid complexes or economically exploited species with a known existence of polyploid individuals