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Genetic rescue of an endangered mammal by cross-species nuclear transfer using post-mortem somatic cells.
Nature biotechnology - 1 Oct 2001
Loi P, Ptak G, Barboni B, Fulka J, Cappai P, Clinton M
Abstract excerpt
Since the advent of procedures for cloning animals, conservation biologists have proposed using this technology to preserve endangered mammals. Here we report the successful cloning of a wild endangered animal, Ovis orientalis musimon, using oocytes collected from a closely related, domesticated species, Ovis aries. We injected enucleated sheep oocytes with granulosa cells collected from two female mouflons found...
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