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First frozen repository for the Great Barrier Reef coral created
Cryobiology, Vol.65(2), pp.157-158
21/05/2012
PMID: 22659104
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Abstract
To build new tools for the continued protection and propagation of coral from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), an international group of coral and cryopreservation scientists known as the Reef Recovery Initiative joined forces during the November 2011 mass-spawning event. The outcome was the creation of the first frozen bank for Australian coral from two important GBR reef-building species, Acropora tenuis and Acropora millepora. Approximately 190 frozen samples each with billions of cells were placed into long-term storage. Sperm cells were successfully cryopreserved, and after thawing, samples were used to fertilize eggs, resulting in functioning larvae. Additionally, developing larvae were dissociated, and these pluripotent cells were cryopreserved and viable after thawing. Now, we are in a unique position to move our work from the laboratory to the reefs to develop collaborative, practical conservation management tools to help secure Australia’s coral biodiversity.
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- Title
- First frozen repository for the Great Barrier Reef coral created
- Creators
- Mary Hagedorn (Author) - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCMadeleine JH van Oppen (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceVirginia Carter (Author) - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCMike Henley (Author) - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DCDavid Abrego (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceEneour Puill-Stephan (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceAndrew Negri (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceAndrew Heyward (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceDoug MacFarlane (Author) - Monash UniversityRebecca Spindler (Author) - Taronga Zoo
- Publication Details
- Cryobiology, Vol.65(2), pp.157-158
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 991012888597602368
- Academic Unit
- National Marine Science Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article