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Reproductive Techniques for Ovarian Monitoring and Control in Amphibians
Published on: May 12, 2019
Resetting the paradigm of reproductive science and conservation
1FAUNA Research Alliance, PO Box 5092, Kahibah, NSW, Australia; Conservation Science Research Group, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Abstract:
In the application of reproductive science to conservation breeding, it has long been assumed that artificial insemination using frozen thawed sperm would be the default technology. This has always been problematic considering the wide range of tolerance to freeze thawing among vertebrate sperm. Furthermore, those providing leadership for genome banking should be proactive to preserve maximum genetic diversity, however, for many species there is little or no sperm motility after thawing of cryopreserved sperm. In this review article, there is the contention that a much wider range of tissues should be banked, and the range of evolving advanced reproductive and developmental technologies should be considered for conservation breeding programs, to realize the maximum opportunities of genome banking to contribute to conservation of animal species.
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