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Emerging arguments for reproductive technologies in wildlife and their implications for assisted reproduction and conservation of threatened marsupials
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have significant potential to make a meaningful contribution to the conservation of threatened wildlife. This is true of Australia's iconic, and endangered koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). If developed, ARTs could offer a solution to manage genetic diversity and costs in breeding programs and may provide frozen repositories for either insurance or the practical production of genetically resilient koalas for release and on-ground recovery. Holding back the wider use of ARTs for koalas and other wildlife is a lack of funding to close the remaining knowledge gaps in the marsupial reproductive sciences and develop the reproductive tools needed. This lack of funding is arguably driven by a poor understanding of the potential contribution ARTs could make to threatened species management. We present a review of our cross-disciplinary and accessible strategy to draw much needed public attention and funding for the development of ARTs in wildlife, using emerging cost and genetic modelling arguments and the koala as a case study.
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TheriogenologyVolume
198Pagination
19-29Location
United StatesPublisher DOI
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0093-691XeISSN
1879-3231Language
EnglishPublisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INCUsage metrics
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Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineReproductive BiologyVeterinary SciencesAssisted reproductive technologyCryopreservationIntracytoplasmic sperm injectionKoalaResearch fundingWildlifeKOALA PHASCOLARCTOS-CINEREUSINTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTIONWOMBAT VOMBATUS-URSINUSIN-VITRO MATURATIONBLACK-FOOTED FERRETTAMMAR WALLABYESTROUS-CYCLEARTIFICIAL-INSEMINATIONBRUSHTAIL POSSUMTRICHOSURUS-VULPECULAAnimalsAnimals, WildMarsupialiaPhascolarctidaeReproductive Techniques, AssistedReproductionContraception/Reproduction15 Life on LandSchool of Life and Environmental SciencesCentre for Integrative EcologyFaculty of Science Engineering and Built EnvironmentBiological SciencesAgricultural and Veterinary SciencesMedical and Health Sciences
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