Successfully cloned pigs by cloning method

After the earthquake on May 12, 2008 at WenChua, China, a big boy survived the 36-day rubble. This may be a miracle in life, it is because of this extraordinary living energy that members on the Chinese social network have given the name 'Resilient Pig'.

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Currently this breed has been affected by genetic factors and is unable to produce children. In recent years, scientists from China Shenzhen City Genome Research Institute have been cloning and the results of six resilient pigs have been born.

The pig was born by cloning method (Photo: Xinhuanet)

After being taken out of the rubble during the earthquake the pig quickly recovered but completely lost the ability to give birth.

Leaders of China's Shenzhen Institute of Genomics Research said that in order to continue the gene pool of this breed, in February 2011, the Genome Research Institute conducted a study to check the health of the pig and proceed to take it. and nourish the stem cells in pigs' ears while using cloning technologies to clone stem cells into embryos and then insert these cloned embryos into two healthy mother pigs. strong.

Spent 110 days of developing two mother pigs on August 31 and September 2, 2011 gave birth to 6 piglets in Hui Zhou Guangdong Province China. Currently 6 piglets are very healthy and develop normally.

An animal cloning technique is a nuclear transfer technique, but without sexual reproduction, a cell can develop into a complete animal.

The group of scientists at China's Shenzhen Institute of Genome Research said they successfully cloned pigs by asexual method on an aging pig stem cell. The meaning of this work is to help maintain the species of animals that are already in danger of extinction in the wild.