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Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands

CGN focuses on conservation and use of vegetable crops, farm animal breeds and autochthonous forest species.

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  • Conservating bio-cultural heritage

    CGN preserves the variation in crops, domestic animals and forest species in freezers, and encourages diversity in the fields and farmland.

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  • Two webinars on animal breeding: Inbreeding and DNA information
    04 January 2021
  • DNA sequence data of 445 SSD lines of lettuce available
    09 November 2020
  • The heath sheep breeds: our cultural heritage endangered
    01 October 2020
  • Cryopreservation and freeze-drying of cells and tissues
    17 September 2020

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