Swine gene banking: A quality control perspective on collection, and analysis of samples for a national repository

Theriogenology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1304-1309

  Purdy, Phillip H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boar spermatozoa; Cryopreservation; Germplasm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SPERM PRESERVATION; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 55649093100     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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