GENET-news articles on GE goats
2011-12-15 | permalink
Cloned cat deficiencies: Protein changes account for premature deaths
One of the established animal cloning techniques is somatic cell nuclear transfer which has been applied to the successful reproduction of sheep, mice, goats, cattle, dogs and cats. However, despite the apparent success, the survival rate of cloned animals is disappointingly low. The difficulties have been attributed to abnormal gene expression in cloned placentas which results in the loss of foetuses or the rapid death of newly born offspring.
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2011-12-15 | permalink
Cloned cat deficiencies: Protein changes account for premature deaths
One of the established animal cloning techniques is somatic cell nuclear transfer which has been applied to the successful reproduction of sheep, mice, goats, cattle, dogs and cats. However, despite the apparent success, the survival rate of cloned animals is disappointingly low. The difficulties have been attributed to abnormal gene expression in cloned placentas which results in the loss of foetuses or the rapid death of newly born offspring.
