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Genetic resource banks in wildlife conservation
Author(s) -
Holt W. V.,
Bennett P. M.,
Volobouev V.,
Watwon P. F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05411.x
Subject(s) - threatened species , biology , genetic resources , wildlife , germplasm , resource (disambiguation) , scale (ratio) , wildlife conservation , environmental resource management , environmental planning , microbiology and biotechnology , natural resource economics , ecology , computer science , habitat , computer network , environmental science , agronomy , economics , physics , quantum mechanics
Recent advances in reproductive technologies for animal breeding, together with improvements in techniques for storage of gametes and embryos, have encouraged the view that the time is now appropriate for developing systematic policies of germplasm banking. Such activities would aim to support more conventional breeding programmes for threatened species, by providing the opportunity to store valuable genetic material for use on some future occasion. A number of pertinent issues should be addressed, however, before embarking upon the large scale implementation of genetic bank programmes. This review raises and discusses some of the issues involved.