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Progeny of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) pig clones are phenotypically similar to non-cloned pigs.
Cloning and stem cells - 1 Jan 2005
Mir Bashir, Zaunbrecher Gretchen, Archer Greg S, Friend Ted H, Piedrahita Jorge A
Abstract excerpt
Systematic studies of cloned animals generated from adult somatic cell nuclei are critical in assessing the utility of somatic cell cloning in various applications, including the safety of food products from cloned animals and their offspring. Previously, we compared somatic cell derived cloned pigs with naturally bred control pigs on a series of physiological and genetic parameters. We have extended our studies...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Cloning, Organism
- Female
- Litter Size
- Male
- Nuclear Transfer Techniques
- Phenotype
- Sex Ratio
- Swine
