ArticleCytotechnology2025
Capturing avian somatic cells using feather pulp fibroblast culture as a non-invasive approach to biobanking endangered birds.
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- Bridging methodological gaps in avian cytogenetics: comprehensive and optimized protocols for chromosomal preparation in birds.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026Article
- In Vitro Culture of Avian Primordial Germ Cells: Established Methods and Future Directions.Biology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Avian cells biobanking is an essential tool to safeguard the biodiversity of rare or endangered species. Reproductive germ cells are especially useful for species conservation as they can either be used directly as functional gametes or differentiated into functional gametes in vitro. However, obtaining and preserving avian germ cells is difficult and usually the number of breeding individuals and available surplus eggs are limited. In contrast, avian fibroblast cells are readily obtained using minimally invasive biopsies which makes them ideal for the establishment of genetic cellular resource biobanks for species in need. Improvements in fibroblast culture conditions will enable more extensive studies in physiology and genetics, among others, which are not currently available for most bird species, in addition to providing material for induced pluripotent stem cell generation. Here, we tested different culture protocols to improve the recovery and proliferation rates of fibroblasts derived from feather follicles of Red-and-green Macaw (
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