Importance of preserving the gene pool zoo

Abstract

Zoos is a promising base for research and data collection on reproductive characteristics and biology of rare species, for the implementation of the obtained knowledge, the use of stored genetic material. They represent unique possibility of studying the representatives of a rare species that can be underestimated. Significant is the fact that such research can be carried out in stationary and field conditions and without equipment expensive expeditions. Due to the fact that in zoos the species, as a rule, not one, but several individuals, it becomes apparent that they occupy one of leading places, both in the number and diversity of the preserved gene pool of rare species.