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Offspring production with cryopreserved sperm from a live-bearing fish Xiphophorus maculatus and implications for female fecundity.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology : CBP - 1 Jan 2012
Yang Huiping, Savage Markita G, Hazlewood Leona, Walter Ronald B, Tiersch Terrence R
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Xiphophorus fishes are well-established models for biomedical research of spontaneous or induced tumors, and their use in research dates back to the 1930s. Currently, 58 well-pedigreed lines exist among 24 Xiphophorus species housed as live animals at the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center. The technique of sperm cryopreservation has been applied to preserve these valuable genetic resources, and production of...
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