title: Cloning of pigs from somatic cells and its prospects.
abstract: 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;
authors.affiliation: Embryonic Technology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Department, Institute of Insect and Animal Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan. onishi@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods*; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D051379:Mice; D008845:Microinjections; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine