A Road Map for 21st Century Genetic Restoration: Gene Pool Enrichment of the Black-Footed Ferret

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 581-592

  Wisely, Samantha M ^a   Ryder, Oliver A ^b   Santymire, Rachel M ^c   Engelhardt, John F ^d   Novak, Ben J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Long Now Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation cloning; endangered species management; Mustela nigripes; somatic cell nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

BLACK FOOTED FERRET; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTERSPECIES SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CLONING; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERRET; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLONING, ORGANISM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERRETS; GENE POOL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84941638033     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv041     Document Type: Review

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