The Freezing of Mammalian Embryos -- Contents -- Introduction -- The freezing of mammalian embryos: perspectives and possibilities -- Discussion -- Slow-freezing injury in mammalian cells -- Discussion -- Effects of interactions between cooling and rewarming conditions on survival of cells -- Discussion -- Fundamental cryobiology of mouse ova and embryos -- Discussion -- Some factors affecting embryo storage in laboratory animals -- Discussion -- Transport mechanisms in the preimplantation mammalian embryo -- Discussion -- The effect of temperature on the lateral diffusion of plasma membrane proteins -- Discussion -- Factors affecting the survival of sheep embryos during deep-freezing and thawing -- Appendix -- Transplantation of sheep and cattle embryos after storage at -196° c ( S . M. WILLADSEN, C. POLGE, A. 0. TROUNSON and L. E. A -- Discussion -- Frozen storage of embryos of farm animals: progress and implications -- Discussion -- General discussion -- Freezing techniques for embryos -- Ultra structural developmental changes -- Freezing of advanced blastocysts of the cow -- Freezing of pancreatic cells -- The relevance of the frozen storage of human embryos in clinicai practice -- Discussion -- Genetic stability in cellular systems in the frozen state -- Discussion -- Long-term storage of frozen mouse embryos under increased background irradiation -- Discussion -- Genetic drift: the problem and its possible solution by frozen-embryo storage -- Discussion -- A mouse geneticist's impatient waiting for the arrival of embryo-freezing techniques -- Discussion -- Final general discussion -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.