Vitrification: an alternative for preserving embryos and genetic material mammalian females in cryobanking

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https://doi.org/10.21708/avb.2011.5.3.2321

Abstract

Vitrification is a cryopreservation method’s cheap, fast and easy to perform and has been used, with relatively success, for the preservation of embryos and oocytes from preantral and antral follicles. The present review describes the different methods of vitrification, the main results obtained so far as well as its important for the assisted reproduction technologies in human, genetic superior animal and endangered mammalian species. Keywords: Blastocyst, oocyte, preantral follicle, cryopreservation.

Author Biography

  • Adeline Andrade Carvalho, State University of Ceará
    Médica Veterinária formada em 2008 pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Mestre em ciência animal pela Universidade Federal do Piauí (2010). Atualmente, doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em ciências Veterinárias da Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)

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2012-01-26

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Reviews / Revisões Bibliográficas

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