China's first heterogenous animal born in Xinjiang

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, January 31,

2004

 

China's first heterogenous animal born in Xinjiang

 

A brownish gray female goat was lately born in

Liushihu Township of Urumqi, capital of northwest

China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The little

creature, with a weight of 2.32 kg, a body length of

42 cm and a height of 35 cm, is the country's first

cross-cloned animal.

 

brownish gray female goat was lately born in Liushihu

Township of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The little creature,

with a weight of 2.32 kg, a body length of 42 cm and a

height of 35 cm, is the country's first cross-cloned

animal.

 

This is an achievement jointly made by Xinjiang Jinniu

Biological Co., Ltd and the Institute of Zoology,

Chinese Academy of Sciences. Primary feature study by

experts showed this is an ibex. Since ibex is an

endangered species, its successful cloning bears

remarkable significance to the protection of

endangered wild animals in the future. So far, success

is only made on gaur (a rare type of endangered wild

ox found in India) and argali sheep in Europe in the

field of cross cloning.

 

The experiment is to develop an embryo by a somatic

cell of an ibex and an egg cell of a goat, then

transfer the embryo, already grown to a certain stage,

into the womb of a goat. Altogether 77 such transfers

were made, including 40 on goat receivers, and 37

argali embryos on sheep. It is expected that another

three ibexes and 14 argali will be born.

 

By People's Daily Online

 

 

 

 

 

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