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  • Breeding Soundness Examination of the Male
  • Embryo Transfer in Farm Animals
  • Hormonal Control of Estrus
  • Nutrition: Cattle
  • Nutrition: Exotic and Zoo Animals
  • Nutrition: Goats
  • Nutrition: Horses
  • Nutrition: Pigs
  • Nutrition: Sheep
  • Nutrition: Small Animals
Topics in Cloning of Domestic Animals
  • Overview of Cloning of Domestic Animals
  • Technical Aspects of Cloning
  • Status of Cloning Domestic Animals
  • Rationale for Cloning
  • Controversies About Cloning
     
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    Overview of Cloning of Domestic Animals

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    The basic concept of cloning via nuclear transfer is that the nucleus of a cell from a donor individual is transferred to an enucleated oocyte, and the oocyte is stimulated to develop into an embryo. The embryo thus produced has the same genotype as the original donor individual.

    Last full review/revision July 2011 by Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, DACT

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