An overview of the assisted reproduction and genome banking activities of White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, FL, in the service of species conservation

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Penfold, L M ^a  

^a WHITE OAK CONSERVATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Genome resource banking; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LITOCRANIUS WALLERI; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI; PUMA CONCOLOR CORYI; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 79953119812     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2010.00126.x     Document Type: Review

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