Space-Based Genetic Cryoconservation Of Endangered Species
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M. N. Mautner. (1996), JBIS, 49, pp.319-320
Refcode: 1996.49.319
Abstract:
Over the next 50 years, 15-30% of the estimated 5- 10 million species may disappear due to human pressures. The losses include hundreds of vertebrate, hundreds of thousands of plant, and over a million insect species . The gene pools of many human ethnic groups are also threatened. For many animals, adequate conservation of habitats is unfeasible, and active breeding programs cover only 175 of the many thousand species threatened. The genetic heritage of the living world, accumulated during aeons or evolution, is being wasted in a short period.
