Resurrecting biodiversity: advanced assisted reproductive technologies and biobanking

RL Bolton, A Mooney, MT Pettit… - Reproduction and …, 2022 - raf.bioscientifica.com
Biodiversity is defined as the presence of a variety of living organisms on the Earth that is
essential for human survival. However, anthropogenic activities are causing the sixth mass …

Cryopreservation and other assisted reproductive technologies for the conservation of threatened amphibians and reptiles: bringing the ARTs up to speed

J Clulow, S Clulow - Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Amphibians and reptiles are experiencing serious declines, with the number of threatened
species and extinctions growing rapidly as the modern biodiversity crisis unfolds. For …

Cryobanking of viable biomaterials: implementation of new strategies for conservation purposes

D Lermen, B Blömeke, R Browne… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cryobanking, the freezing of biological specimens to maintain their integrity for a variety of
anticipated and unanticipated uses, offers unique opportunities to advance the basic …

Biobanking in amphibian and reptilian conservation and management: opportunities and challenges

J Strand, H Thomsen, JB Jensen, C Marcussen… - Conservation Genetics …, 2020 - Springer
Numerous species from the classes Amphibia and Reptilia are facing extinction as a result
of habitat loss and increasing anthropogenic impact on the environment; to be more specific …

Biobanking and fertility preservation for rare and endangered species

P Comizzoli - Animal Reproduction (AR), 2018 - animal-reproduction.org
For more than 25 years, systematic gathering and cryo-storage of biomaterials from diverse
wild species have been ongoing to save gene diversity and improve captive (ex situ) and …

Amphibian assisted reproductive technologies: moving from technology to application

J Clulow, R Upton, VL Trudeau, S Clulow - Reproductive sciences in …, 2019 - Springer
Amphibians have experienced a catastrophic decline since the 1980s driven by disease,
habitat loss, and impacts of invasive species and face ongoing threats from climate change …

Recent advances and prospects in germplasm preservation of rare and endangered species

P Comizzoli, WV Holt - … Sciences in Animal Conservation: Progress and …, 2014 - Springer
Fertility preservation strategies using cryopreservation have enormous potential for helping
sustain and protect rare and endangered species, especially to assist managing or …

Viable cell culture banking for biodiversity characterization and conservation

OA Ryder, M Onuma - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Because living cells can be saved for indefinite periods, unprecedented opportunities for
characterizing, cataloging, and conserving biological diversity have emerged as advanced …

Sperm collection and storage for the sustainable management of amphibian biodiversity

RK Browne, AJ Silla, R Upton, G Della-Togna… - Theriogenology, 2019 - Elsevier
Current rates of biodiversity loss pose an unprecedented challenge to the conservation
community, particularly with amphibians and freshwater fish as the most threatened …

The increasing role of short-term sperm storage and cryopreservation in conserving threatened amphibian species

ZM Anastas, PG Byrne, JK O'Brien, RJ Hobbs, R Upton… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Integrating reproductive technologies into amphibian conservation
breeding programs can enhance the propagation and the genetic management of …