Frozen zoo (Zoology 🦥)

A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cloning. There are a few frozen zoos across the world that implement this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_zoo

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#Nieuwsuur over de #FrozenZoo in #SanDiego een cellenbank van verschillende diersoorten, waaronder ernstig bedreigde soorten. Goed dat het er is, jammer dat de mensheid het nodig maakt. #biodiversiteit