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SOME unfertilized eggs of the rabbit are still fertilizable subsequent to cooling to temperatures as low as 0° C.1. In our attempts to preserve unfertilized mouse eggs at temperatures above and below freezing we have discovered that some of these germ cells survive exposure to −10°C.
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SHERMAN, J., LIN, T. Effect of Glycerol and Low Temperature on Survival of Unfertilized Mouse Eggs. Nature 181, 785–786 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181785a0
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