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Elizabeth Ann, the First Cloned Black-Footed Ferret
- sly010 6y ago"may bring needed genetic diversity" Isn't the cloning the opposite of that?
- glerk 6y agoThe original cells were frozen in 1988 and since then the population of black-footed ferrets has dwindled to just a few individuals all living in captivity. The article mentions that all black-footed ferrets alive today are essentially half-siblings, except for this clone.
- maxerickson 6y agoThe cells used to make the clone are from an individual that died years ago.
- tyingq 6y agoLess pictures, but has the full article: https://outline.com/vP7tTA https://outline.com/vP7tTA
- callmekit 6y agoFrom the article: "ViaGen created embryos and implanted them into a domestic ferret surrogate". I wonder how the "created embryos" step can be done?
- wcoenen 6y agoAn unfertilized donor egg cell is taken from another animal and has its nucleus replaced with one from a cell from the animal to be cloned. The reprogrammed egg cell is then stimulated to start dividing much like a normal fertilized egg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer