Cryopreservation of hormonally induced sperm for the conservation of threatened amphibians with Rana temporaria as a model research species

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-232

  Shishova, N R ^a   Uteshev, V K ^a   Kaurova, S A ^a   Browne, R K ^b   Gakhova, E N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cryopreservation; Genetic variation; Hormonal induction; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HORMONE; TROMETAMOL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FROG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANA TEMPORARIA; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TROMETHAMINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 78650239115     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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