Cryobanking of viable biomaterials: Implementation of new strategies for conservation purposes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1030-1033

  Lermen, Dominik ^a   Blömeke, Brunhilde ^a   Browne, Robert ^b   Clarke, Ann ^c   Dyce, Paul W ^d   Fixemer, Thomas ^e   Fuhr, Günter R ^e   Holt, William V ^f   Jewgenow, Katarina ^g   Lloyd, Rhiannon E ^f   Lötters, Stefan ^a   Paulus, Martin ^a   Reid, Gordon Mcgregor ^h   Rapoport, Daniel H ⁱ   Rawson, David ^j   Ringleb, Jennifer ^g   Ryder, Oliver A ^k   Spörl, Gabriele ^l   Schmitt, Thomas ^a   Veith, Michael ^a   Müller, Paul ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Fraunhofer Institute for Marine Biotechnology   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^k ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^l Institute for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Dresden   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Conservation biology; Cryobanking; Endangered species; Genome resource bank; Viable biomaterials

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61649092618     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04062.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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