Vol.28 No.3(2006 June):377-381

Progress in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer of Cattle
Zhen-Fei Wang, Yu Li*, Lin Liang
( Key Laboratory of Mammal Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education,Inner Mongolia University, Huhhot 010021, China)

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)

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