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A low-tech, cost-effective and efficient method for safeguarding genetic diversity by direct cryopreservation of poultry embryonic reproductive cells.
eLife - 25 Jan 2022
Hu Tuanjun, Taylor Lorna, Sherman Adrian, Keambou Tiambo Christian, Kemp Steven J, Whitelaw Bruce, Hawken Rachel J, Djikeng Appolinaire, McGrew Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Chickens are an important resource for smallholder farmers who raise locally adapted, genetically distinct breeds for eggs and meat. The development of efficient reproductive technologies to conserve and regenerate chicken breeds safeguards existing biodiversity and secures poultry genetic resources for climate resilience, biosecurity, and future food production. The majority of the over 1600 breeds of chicken...
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