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A team from CSIC succeeds in the cryopreservation of semen from the Iberian lynx and at fertilizing cat oocytes

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16.03.2007

A team from the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) has managed to successfully cryopreserve semen from the Iberian lynx and has discovered that spermatozoa from this species can fertilize oocytes from domestic cats.

This finding, to be presented at the Felid Biology and Conservation Conference, in Oxford (UK), will allow the analysis of fertility of lynxes in the laboratory.

This work, coordinated by Eduardo Roldan, a scientist from CSIC, has demonstrated how a domestic species can help to save an endangered one.

Miguel López | Source: alphagalileo
Further information: www.csic.es

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