Abstract
Frozen semen is a practical means of preserving valuable germ plasm. Monitored samples of semen cryopreserved with glycerol for heterozygous, dominant marker stocks and for nine chromosomal rearrangement lines had sufficiently high fertility for germ-line retrieval. The results also indicated a potential for the genetic selection of certain lines for the freezability of spermatozoa, since stock and line differences in fertility occurred when previously frozen semen was used for insemination. Freezing the semen of stocks routinely reproduced provides insurance against possible disasters.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 999-1002 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Poultry science |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1990 |