TY - CHAP AU - I.I. Katkov AU - V.F. Bolyukh AU - O.A. Chernetsov AU - P.I. Dudin AU - A.Y. Grigoriev AU - V. Isachenko AU - E. Isachenko AU - A.G.-M. Lulat AU - S.I. Moskovtsev AU - M.P. Petrushko AU - V.I. Pinyaev AU - K.M. Sokol AU - Y.I. Sokol AU - A.B. Sushko AU - I. Yakhnenko ED - Igor I. Katkov Y1 - 2012-03-09 PY - 2012 T1 - Kinetic Vitrification of Spermatozoa of Vertebrates: What Can We Learn from Nature? N2 - Almost a decade has passed since the last textbook on the science of cryobiology, Life in the Frozen State, was published. Recently, there have been some serious tectonic shifts in cryobiology which were perhaps not seen on the surface but will have a profound effect on both the future of cryobiology and the development of new cryopreservation methods. We feel that it is time to revise the previous paradigms and dogmas, discuss the conceptually new cryobiological ideas, and introduce the recently emerged practical protocols for cryopreservation. The present books, "Current Frontiers in Cryobiology" and "Current Frontiers in Cryopreservation" will serve the purpose. This is a global effort by scientists from 27 countries from all continents and we hope it will be interesting to a wide audience. BT - Current Frontiers in Cryobiology SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/34784 DO - 10.5772/34784 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -