Creating Ex Situ Protected Bioreservoirs as a Powerful Strategy for the Reproductive Biotechnology-Mediated Rescue of Threatened Polish Livestock Breeds

Monika Trzcińska (), Marcin Samiec () and Małgorzata Duda
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Monika Trzcińska: Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Krakowska 1 Street, 32-083 Balice, Poland
Marcin Samiec: Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Krakowska 1 Street, 32-083 Balice, Poland
Małgorzata Duda: Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Gronostajowa 9 Street, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: The current article presents the state of the art of the creation of bioreservoirs of cryopreserved somatic and stem cell lines and cryopreserved or lyophilized germplasm-based resources of selected farm animal species. It also presents the agricultural, biological and biotechnological determinants, and showcases the importance of the National Research Institute of Animal Production (NRIAP) in Poland in this process. The aforementioned bioreservoirs serve as an innovative research tool used for cryogenically or lyophilizogenically assisted and species-specific ex situ conservation. The latter ensures, in the long term, not only restitution, but also perpetuation of sustainable biodiversity that underlies genotypic and phenotypic, intra- and inter-population variability within pure-breeding herds of the national conserved livestock breeds.

Keywords: ex situ conservation; cryogenic protection; lyophilization; assisted reproductive technologies; somatic cell nuclear transfer; livestock; threatened indigenous breeds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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