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An instance of ex situ conservation is the trend of zoologists obtaining gametes of threatened species and preserving them in viable and fertile conditions in low temperatures using a technique called ___.

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Today, as a modern day approach to ex situ conservation, zoologists and researchers harvest the gametes of healthy individuals of endangered species and freeze them in optimally maintained containers in a process called cryopreservation. This approach is not just limited to the gametes of animals. It is also widely being used to preserve the seeds of thousands of plants in seed banks.

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