title: Cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
abstract: The birth of the first cloned mammals, produced by the introduction of somatic cell nuclei into enucleated oocytes, was an impressive and surprising development. Although the ethical debate has been intense, the important scientific questions raised by this work have been inadequately discussed and are still unresolved. In this essay we address three questions about nuclear transplantation in the eggs of mice and domestic animals. First, why were the recent experiments on somatic cell cloning successful, when so many others have failed? Second, were these exceptional cases, or is somatic cloning now open to all? Third, what are the future possibilities for increasing the efficiency and wider applicability of the cloning process?
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Production, Prague, Czech Republic. fulka@novell.vuzv.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fulka
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: First
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Moor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002417:Cattle; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002843:Chromatin / Q000502:physiology; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005544:Forecasting; D051379:Mice / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D011003:Ploidies; D011817:Rabbits; D012756:Sheep / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin