Vol.28 No.3(2006 June):377-381
Progress in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer of Cattle
Abstract This review introduces recent progress in bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer including the effects of donor cell types, cell passages, cell cycle stages, treatments of donor cells, recipient oocytes, enucleation manipulations, embryo reconstruction methods, and embryo culture methods on development of cloning embryos. Key words cattle; somatic cell; nuclear transfer Received: November 3, 2005 Accepted: February 16, 2006 This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30460054) and the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Municipality (No.200408020405) *Corresponding author. Tel: 86-741-4995867-8017, E-mail: liyu_cn@hotmail.com |