Biobanking animal germplasm and tissues is a major component of conserving genetic resources. Effectively constructing such gene banks requires an understanding and evaluation of genetic resources, the ability to conserve various tissues through cryopreservation, and a robust information technology infrastructure to allow managers and potential users to fully understand and make use of the collection. Progress has been made internationally in developing national genetic resource collections. As these collections have been developed, it has become apparent that gene banks can serve a multitude of roles, thereby serving short- and long-term needs of research communities and industry. This article documents the development of gene banks and provides examples of how they have been used to date and the extent to which they have captured genetic diversity for future use.

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农业动物物种生物库遗传材料。

生物种库动物种质和组织是保存遗传资源的主要组成部分。有效地建立这样的基因库需要了解和评估遗传资源，具有通过冷冻保存保存各种组织的能力，以及强大的信息技术基础架构，以使管理人员和潜在用户可以充分理解和利用该馆藏。国际上在发展国家遗传资源收藏方面取得了进展。随着这些集合的发展，基因库可以发挥多种作用，从而满足研究界和产业的短期和长期需求，这一点已变得显而易见。