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Cryopreservation of sperm from the endangered formosan landlocked salmon (Oncorhynchus masou formosanus).
Theriogenology - 1 Feb 1999
Gwo J C, Ohta H, Okuzawa K, Wu H C
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The Formosan landlocked salmon (Oncorhynchus masou formosanus) are at a high risk of extinction, and the sustained maintenance of the population will soon depend on aquaculture systems, which use cryopreservation of spermatozoa to increase genetic diversity. We investigated the effectiveness of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), dimethyl-acetamide (DMA), and methanol as cryoprotectants in combination with 300 mM glucose...
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