DNA banks for endangered animal species

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5464, 2000, Pages 275-277

  Ryder, Oliver A ^d   McLaren, Anne ^d   Brenner, Sydney ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^b   Benirschke, Kurt ^c  

^a The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENOME; INTERNET; REGISTRIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034646861     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5464.275     Document Type: Review

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34. This initiative is recognized as part of the International Year of the Biosphere (IBOY), an activity of DIVERSITAS, a creation of UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and forms part of the effort to engender international cooperation in research and decision-making as a critical element for solving global environmental problems such as the accelerating loss of biodiversity. We thank J. Soberon, R. Medellin, and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and suggestions.