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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Unreferenced|article|date=January 2007}}<br /> '''Gene banks''' are a means of preserving [[genetic material]], be it plant or animal. In [[plants]], this could be freezing cuts from the plant, or the [[seed]]s themselves. In animals, this is the freezing of [[sperm]] and [[ovum|egg]]s in zoological freezers until further need. This is one way scientists have prevented a gene family line from being wiped out. In plants, it is possible to unfreeze the material and sow it, however, in animals, a living female is required for [[artificial insemination]]. Despite this, it has proven very difficult to utilize the genes after freezing.<br /> Recent reports have shown that using material from frozen sexual cells ''are'' possible, for example, Jazz, the [[African Wildcat]] kitten which was born to a [[domestic cat]] through gene banks.<br /> <br /> {{genetics-stub}}<br /> [[Category:genetics]]</div>

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