6 janv. 1997 - First primate created by embryonic cell nuclear transfer
Description:
Rhesus monkeyLi Meng, John Ely, Richard Stouffer, and Don Wolf
Primates are good models for studying human disorders. Cloning identical primates would decrease the genetic variation of research animals, and therefore the number of animals need in research studies.
Similar to previous cloning experiments, Wolf’s team of scientists fused early-stage embryonic cells with enucleated monkey egg cells using a small electrical shock. The resulting embryos were then implanted into surrogate mothers. Out of 29 cloned embryos, two monkeys were born. One was a female named Neti, and the other was a male named Ditto.
This experiment showed that primates, humans’ closest relatives, can be cloned.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
6 janv. 1997
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 28 ans