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In spite of the many years that assisted reproductive technologies have been applied to humans, these procedures have not met with success in the great apes. The advantages of artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization for genetically valuable animals that have not produced offspring are apparent. There also is a potential application for embryo transfer, however, which has not been widely recognized, that results from the current taxonomic circumstance of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Two subspecies, Sumatran and Bornean, have been identified, leading the American Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Orangutan Species Survival Plan to recommend breeding only within each of the subspecies lines. Therefore, animals that represent hybridization between the two subspecies are considered genetically “surplus” and are recommended not to be bred.
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Asa, C.S. et al. (1995). Follicle Stimulation and Ovum Collection in the Orangutan. In: Nadler, R.D., Galdikas, B.F.M., Sheeran, L.K., Rosen, N. (eds) The Neglected Ape. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1091-2_21
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