title: Preservation of female germ cells from ovaries of cat species.
abstract: This review provides an overview on recent knowledge on female germ cell population within cat ovaries; on isolation, culture and cryopreservation of feline preantral follicles and on ovarian tissue preservation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, PF 601103, D-10252 Berlin, Germany. jewgenow@izw-berlin.de
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jewgenow
authors.forename: Monique C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000502:physiology; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous