Progress, challenges and perspectives on fish gamete cryopreservation: A mini-review.
Protocols for the cryopreservation of fish gametes have been developed for many different fish species, in special, freshwater salmonids and cyprinids. Methods for sperm freezing have progressed during the last decades due to the increasing number of potential applications: aquaculture (genetic improvement programs, broodstock management, helping with species having reproductive problems), biotechnology studies using model fish species (preservation of transgenic or mutant lines), cryobanking of genetic resources from endangered species, etc. This mini-review tries to give an overview of the present situation of this area of research, identifying the main challenges and perspectives, redirecting the reader to more in-depth reviews and papers.
Grupo de Acuicultura y Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: jfastu@dca.upv.es.
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CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. Electronic address: ecabrita@ualg.pt.
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Department of Aquaculture, Szent István University, 2100 Gödöllő, Páter Károly u. 1., Hungary. Electronic address: Horvath.Akos@mkk.szie.hu.
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D000818:Animals; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000662:veterinary*; D056727:Endangered Species; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male
Aquaculture; Biotechnology; Cryobanking; Endangered species; Oocyte; Sperm