Semen cryopreservation and the conservation of endangered species |
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| Authors: | Jörns Fickel Asja Wagener Arne Ludwig |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany;(2) Institute of Animal Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin, Invalidenstr. 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Currently, more than 16,000 plant and animal species are imminently threatened by extinction, often as a direct consequence
of anthropogenic influences. One of the measures to halt that process is genetic resource banking. This short review focuses
on mammal sperm cryopreservation in combination with assisted reproduction techniques. It summarizes general problems, recent
developments, and currently applied protocols and gives an overview of hitherto existing successes of assisted reproduction
measures in wild animals in the light of conservation efforts. |
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| Keywords: | Reproduction Spermatozoa |
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