TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding and Assisting Reproduction in Wildlife Species Using Microfluidics
AU - le Gac, Severine
AU - Ferraz, Marcia
AU - Venzac, Bastien
AU - Comizzoli, Pierre
N1 - Elsevier deal
PY - 2020/10/7
Y1 - 2020/10/7
N2 - Conservation breeding and assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are invaluable tools to save wild animal species that are on the brink of extinction. Microfluidic devices recently developed for human or domestic animal reproductive medicine could significantly help to increase knowledge about fertility and contribute to the success of ART in wildlife. Some of these microfluidic tools could be applied to wild species, but dedicated efforts will be necessary to meet specific needs in animal conservation; for example, they need to be cost-effective, applicable to multiple species, and field-friendly. Microfluidics represents only one powerful technology in a complex toolbox and must be integrated with other approaches to be impactful in managing wildlife reproduction.
AB - Conservation breeding and assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are invaluable tools to save wild animal species that are on the brink of extinction. Microfluidic devices recently developed for human or domestic animal reproductive medicine could significantly help to increase knowledge about fertility and contribute to the success of ART in wildlife. Some of these microfluidic tools could be applied to wild species, but dedicated efforts will be necessary to meet specific needs in animal conservation; for example, they need to be cost-effective, applicable to multiple species, and field-friendly. Microfluidics represents only one powerful technology in a complex toolbox and must be integrated with other approaches to be impactful in managing wildlife reproduction.
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
KW - Reproductive biology
KW - Wildlife conservation
KW - Microfluidics
KW - Assisted reproductive technologies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092238691&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.08.012
DO - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.08.012
M3 - Review article
JO - Trends in biotechnology
JF - Trends in biotechnology
SN - 0167-7799
ER -