frozen semen
Preserved reproductive material
Frozen semen is sperm preserved at extremely low temperatures for later use in artificial insemination or fertility treatments.
The freezing process allows semen to remain viable indefinitely, enabling livestock breeding programs, sperm bank donations, and posthumous reproduction: The mare was impregnated with frozen semen from a champion stallion.
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- liquid nitrogenCryogenic form of air's main component
- nitrogen tankPressurized container for N₂
- sperm bankDonor gamete storage facility
- genetic materialInherited biological information
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