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In recent years, cryo and marine biologists started new approaches to prevent extinction of underwater species. Great efforts have been addressed in order to set up and optimize protocols for freezing corals in liquid nitrogen. In particular, results have been described to freeze corals from the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaii. In this chapter, we report coral cryopreservation techniques and some recently published data.
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Brevini, T.A.L., Maffei, S., Gandolfi, F. (2014). Brief Introduction to Coral Cryopreservation: An Attempt to Prevent Underwater Life Extinction. In: Brevini, T. (eds) Stem Cells in Animal Species: From Pre-clinic to Biodiversity. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03572-7_7
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