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San Diego’s Frozen Zoo welcomes endangered oak as first cryopreserved plant in biological bank
More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance adds plants to ‘Frozen Zoo’ for the first time
For the first time in its history, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo has expanded its mission to include not ...
First Plants Introduced to San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo®
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance achieved a historic milestone by introducing the first-ever plant contributions to the Frozen ...
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For 50 years, San Diego's Frozen Zoo has stored living cells to save endangered species
For 50 years, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals' genetic material in its Frozen Zoo, and ...
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance cryogenically preserve 18 endangered San Diego native oak species
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reached a historical milestone after adding an endangered plant species to its Frozen Zoo ...
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo adds plants
For the first time in its history, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo has expanded its mission to include not just animals, but plants—marking another step forward in global ...
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First Plants Introduced to San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo ...
SAN DIEGO, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance achieved a historic milestone by introducing the first-ever plant contributions to the Frozen Zoo®—the largest and most ...
The Social Diary – ‘Cell-ebrating’ a wild night with the San Diego Zoo
A frozen zoo is an extensive collection of living cell lines preserved for valuable conservation, research, and future use.
From extinction to existence: How frozen cells are reviving endangered species
One notable success story is the cloning of Przewalski's horses, once extinct in the wild. Kurt, the first cloned ...