Cloning of pigs from somatic cells and its prospects.
The technology of somatic cell cloning in pigs is valuable for agricultural and therapeutic purposes. This paper will focus on the current methods of cloning pigs, including our successful microinjection#10; of somatic cell nuclei and its application. #10;
Onishi
Akira
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Embryonic Technology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Department, Institute of Insect and Animal Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan. onishi@affrc.go.jp
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods*; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D051379:Mice; D008845:Microinjections; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine