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Applied reproductive technologies and genetic resource banking for amphibian conservation

Andrew J. Kouba A B C and Carrie K. Vance A B
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A Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, 2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112, USA.

B Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39759, USA.

C Corresponding author. Email: akouba@memphiszoo.org

Reproduction, Fertility and Development 21(6) 719-737 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD09038
Submitted: 21 February 2009  Accepted: 29 March 2009   Published: 1 July 2009



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