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Embryo and gamete cryopreservation for genetic resources conservation of laboratory animals

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The article reviews the use of embryo and gamete cryopreservation for cryobanking the laboratory animal species. Special emphasis is given to the mechanisms of cryoinjury and cryoprotection during program freezing and vitrification. The species specific cryobanking problems are discussed and the prospects to overcome these problems are outlined.

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  1. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    S. Ya. Amstislavsky, E. Yu. Brusentsev & I. N. Rozhkova

  2. Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    S. Ya. Amstislavsky

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    K. A. Okotrub

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Original Russian Text © S.Ya. Amstislavsky, E.Yu. Brusentsev, K.A. Okotrub, I.N. Rozhkova, 2015, published in Ontogenez, 2015, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 67–81.

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Amstislavsky, S.Y., Brusentsev, E.Y., Okotrub, K.A. et al. Embryo and gamete cryopreservation for genetic resources conservation of laboratory animals. Russ J Dev Biol 46, 47–59 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062360415020022

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