Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project
Modern agriculture has responded to the growing pressure for animal-protein consumption in the global human population by selecting for specific production traits, which, over the last fifty years, has resulted in a loss of genetic diversity. Most rare and endangered breeds of livestock have not exp...
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| author | Sarah C. Bowley Pierre Comizzoli Kevin A. Lindell David J. Matsas Eugene C. White |
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| description | Modern agriculture has responded to the growing pressure for animal-protein consumption in the global human population by selecting for specific production traits, which, over the last fifty years, has resulted in a loss of genetic diversity. Most rare and endangered breeds of livestock have not experienced the same selection pressures for production and therefore may contain useful genetic traits not found within modern breeds. In an effort to maintain biodiversity of livestock breeds, the SVF Foundation, a non-profit organization founded to preserve the genetic diversity of food and fiber livestock, has established an ex situ repository of genetic material from endangered North American cattle, sheep, and goats. This genetic material includes in vivo and in vitro produced embryos, semen, fibroblasts, serum, and whole blood DNA cards. The majority of samples in the SVF repository are cryopreserved, creating a genome resource bank for future use. Through the Smithsonian and SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project, this repository will be maintained at the Smithsonian’s Front Royal, VA, facility. This effort represents an excellent model for understanding and sustaining the genetic diversity of rare breeds in the US and in other countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f6aed8a913c448f8da02c7910f899652022-12-22T03:09:55ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182019-10-01111019810.3390/d11100198d11100198Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation ProjectSarah C. Bowley0Pierre Comizzoli1Kevin A. Lindell2David J. Matsas3Eugene C. White4SVF Foundation, 152 Harrison Ave., Newport, RI 02840, USASmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute National Zoological Park, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 5502, Washington, WA 20013-7012, USASVF Foundation, 152 Harrison Ave., Newport, RI 02840, USASVF Foundation, 152 Harrison Ave., Newport, RI 02840, USASVF Foundation, 152 Harrison Ave., Newport, RI 02840, USAModern agriculture has responded to the growing pressure for animal-protein consumption in the global human population by selecting for specific production traits, which, over the last fifty years, has resulted in a loss of genetic diversity. Most rare and endangered breeds of livestock have not experienced the same selection pressures for production and therefore may contain useful genetic traits not found within modern breeds. In an effort to maintain biodiversity of livestock breeds, the SVF Foundation, a non-profit organization founded to preserve the genetic diversity of food and fiber livestock, has established an ex situ repository of genetic material from endangered North American cattle, sheep, and goats. This genetic material includes in vivo and in vitro produced embryos, semen, fibroblasts, serum, and whole blood DNA cards. The majority of samples in the SVF repository are cryopreserved, creating a genome resource bank for future use. Through the Smithsonian and SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project, this repository will be maintained at the Smithsonian’s Front Royal, VA, facility. This effort represents an excellent model for understanding and sustaining the genetic diversity of rare breeds in the US and in other countries.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/10/198biorepositorybiodiversitylivestock gene bankcryopreservationgermplasm |
| spellingShingle | Sarah C. Bowley Pierre Comizzoli Kevin A. Lindell David J. Matsas Eugene C. White Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project Diversity biorepository biodiversity livestock gene bank cryopreservation germplasm |
| title | Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project |
| title_full | Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project |
| title_fullStr | Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project |
| title_short | Genetic Cryopreservation of Rare Breeds of Domesticated North American Livestock: Smithsonian & SVF Biodiversity Preservation Project |
| title_sort | genetic cryopreservation of rare breeds of domesticated north american livestock smithsonian amp svf biodiversity preservation project |
| topic | biorepository biodiversity livestock gene bank cryopreservation germplasm |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/10/198 |
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