Progress, challenges and perspectives on fish gamete cryopreservation: A mini-review

• Published in: General and Comparative Endocrinology
• Main Authors: Asturiano, Juan F., Cabrita, Elsa, Horvath, Akos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science 2017
• Subjects: Zebrafish danio-rerio; Trout oncorhynchus-mykiss; European eel sperm; Grayling thymallus-thymallus; Catfish clarias-gariepinus; Salmon salmo-salar; Brycon-orbignyanus valenciennes; Sparus-aurata spermatozoa; Carp cyprinus-carpio; Gilthead sea bream; European eel; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13152; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.06.019

Protocols for the cryopreservation of fish gametes have been developed for many different fish species, in special, freshwater salmonids and cyprinids. Methods for sperm freezing have progressed during the last decades due to the increasing number of potential applications: aquaculture (genetic improvement programs, broodstock management, helping with species having reproductive problems), biotechnology studies using model fish species (preservation of transgenic or mutant lines), cryobanking of genetic resources from endangered species, etc. This mini-review tries to give an overview of the present situation of this area of research, identifying the main challenges and perspectives, redirecting the reader to more in-depth reviews and papers. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. European Training Network IMPRESS (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) from PROMAR programme [642893] COST Office (Food and Agriculture COST Action FA1205: AQUAGAMETE) from PROMAR programme Research Centre of Excellence from PROMAR programme [9878-3/2016/FEKUT, KMR_12-1-2012-0436] NKFIH (OTKA) from PROMAR programme [109847] KLING from PROMAR programme [31-03-05FEP-73] CRIOBIV from PROMAR programme [31-03-05-FEP-59] REPLING from PROMAR programme [31-03-05-FEP-69] info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion