Body cell cloning pig born in Guangxi

时间：2007-10-17 01:20:11

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Chinanews, Nanning, Oct 16 – After it successfully produced the body cell cloning ox in 2005, Guangxi has made another achievement in its cloning technology. Recently, a body cell cloning pig was born in Guangxi. This is the first cloning pig produced through the body cell technology, said Lu Shengsheng, a professor at the Guangxi Zoological Technology Insitute under Guangxi University, on Monday.

 

At present, the cloning pig is very healthy. It is also the fifth body cell cloning pig ever produced in China.

 

In 2004, Guangxi University and Guangxi Animal Husbandry Research Institute jointly1 conducted a research program on the nuclear transplantation2 in Bama mini pigs. Lu Shengsheng, who was responsible for the research program, used the body cell of a Bama mini pig as the donor3 cell and the oocyte of the pig as the recipient4 cytoplasm. Through the enucleation, re-injection and activation5 process, scientists obtained a cloned embryo6 cell. With three years research, scientists injected the embryo into the womb of a local pig type called Luchuan pig. The embryo had been stayed in the pig's womb for about 110 days and at nine o'clock on October 13, a cloned pig was born at the Luchuan Pig Farm at Guangxi Animal Husbandry Research Institute.

 

Arriving at the scene, this reporter saw that the pig weighed 0.7 kilogram and its body length was about 20 centimeters. The cloned pig was safe and sound and it walked around its mother from time to time wanting to have some milk.

 

The birth of the first cloning pig in Guangxi has laid a solid foundation for the research of transgenetic pigs, which has a scientific significance in that it can provide a way for scientists to do organ transplatation through animal organs. The first cloning pig might also provide some scientific clues for the protection of the Bama mini pig, a pig that has high economic value in Guangxi. It shows that the body cell cloning technology is quite mature in Guangxi now, said researchers at Guangxi Animal Husbandry Research Institute.

 
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1 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
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  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
2 transplantation 39081f7a498a0db8e17a85e03e8b3e62     
n.移植；移植法；移居；移民
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  • We need to knock around the district to find a proper man for the transplantation. 我们需要跑遍这个地区找一个合适的人来做器官移植。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Transplantation is not always successful in the matter of flowers or maidens. 花儿移栽往往并不成功，少女们换了环境也是如此。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3 donor dstxI     
n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体
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  • In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
  • The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。
4 recipient QA8zF     
a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器
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  • Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
  • Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。
5 activation 24eed33ee38027d124839f0fcdf6adcb     
n. 激活，催化作用
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  • A computer controls the activation of an air bag.电脑控制着气囊的启动。
6 embryo upAxt     
n.胚胎，萌芽的事物
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  • They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
  • The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

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