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Genome cryopreservation: a valuable contribution to mammalian genetic research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

P. H. Glenister ,
D. G. Whittingham  and
M. J. Wood
P. H. Glenister*
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Radiobiology Unit, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0RD
D. G. Whittingham
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Experimental Embryology and Teratology Unit, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
M. J. Wood
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Experimental Embryology and Teratology Unit, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
*
* Corresponding author.
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Mouse embryo banking has become an important asset to geneticists. Individual laboratories can now maintain a far greater diversity of stocks than by conventional breeding alone. Also, many mutations that in the past would have been discarded due to lack of space, can now be preserved for future use. Recent advances in cryopreservation techniques have simplified procedures and, in certain cases, resulted in increased rates of survival.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 56 , Issue 2-3 , October 1990 , pp. 253 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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