摘要
The history of research into artificial insemination (AI) is over two centuries old and its commercial application now spans 75 years. It is appropriate to reflect on the contribution of this powerful method of gene dispersal. AI remains as one of the most important assisted reproductive technologies. The three cornerstones for its application are: it is simple, economical and successful. The importance of AI will be challenged in the next few decades. The remarkable progress made in other assisted reproductive technologies does have the potential to rapidly generate offspring. The challenge for any of these reproductive technologies to attain widespread use is to match AI in being simple, economical and successful. This review aims at capturing the salient advances in AI, the comparisons with natural mating and other reproductive technologies, and, whether the future of AI will be challenged. It predicts what the new horizon looks like and the role that AI will play in the overall reproductive technologies landscape.
摘要译文
人工授精（AI）的研究历史已有两百多年的历史，其商业应用现已超过75年。反思这种强大的基因扩散方法的贡献是适当的。 AI依然是最重要的辅助生殖技术之一。其应用的三大基石是：简单，经济，成功。人工智能的重要性将在未来几十年内受到挑战。其他辅助生殖技术取得的显着进展确实有可能迅速产生后代。任何这些生殖技术的普及使用的挑战是使AI简单，经济和成功。这次审查旨在捕捉人工智能的突出进展，与自然交配和其他生殖技术的比较，AI的未来是否会受到挑战。它预测了新的视野和人工智能在整个生殖技术领域的作用。
RVishwanath;. Artificial insemination: the state of the art[J]. Theriogenology, 2003,59(2): 571-584