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Biological Resource Center for domestic animals

CRB-Anim brings together six Biological Resource Centers (CRBs) managing genomic resources (@BRIDGe, CARARE, Cani-DNA, CRBA) or reproductive resources (Cryobanque Nationale, CARARE, CryAnim) and 1 CRB managed by Cani-DNA partner Antagène. 

CRB-Anim brings together public research organizations (INRAE, CNRS), higher education establishments (Université de Rennes I, AgroParisTech, Ecoles Nationales Vétérinaires, Oniris), a private platform and the ANTAGENE company. 

​Biological resources concern domestic animal species (farm animals and pets) bred in France and their wild relatives (mammals, birds, fish, shellfish, etc.).  The genomic collections of breeders' associations or selection companies are housed within the CRB-Anim BRCs. CRB-Anim brings together two types of collections: cryobanks, "reproductive" collections preserving semen or embryos in liquid nitrogen (-196°C), and "genomic" collections preserving blood, tissue or DNA from the same animals in laboratory freezers.  Research into genetic diversity, breeding and biomedical models combines these characterized biological samples with access to cryopreservation tools for biological resources.

CRB-Anim is the animal pillar of the AgroBRC-RARe National Research Infrastructure

AgroBRC-RARe is a research infrastructure included in the national roadmap that brings together five networks of CRBs conserving genetic, genomic and biological resources assembled and characterized by research on domestic animals, model or cultivated plants, wild species related to domesticated species, forest trees, microorganisms of agronomic or agri-food interest, and environmental microorganisms and organisms. https://www.agrobrc-rare.org/