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'''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.
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.
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'''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.
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.
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[[Category:genetics]]
