The Frozen Ark Project: The role of zoos and aquariums in preserving the genetic material of threatened animals

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-230

  Clarke, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biobanks; Captive breeding; Climate change; Conservation breeding; Cryobanks; Cryopreservation; Extinction; Threatened animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59149085581     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00074.x     Document Type: Review

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