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scientists have brought an extinct species of mountain goat the pyrenean ibex back to life, these scientsts used skin cells from a preserved pyreanean ibex in cloning experiments, the seicnets removed the nuclear from domestic goat egg cells, tranferred cell nuclei from the skin cells to the ibex into domestic goat egg cellls, and they used domestic goats as surrogate mothers for the embryos.
1.a) the pyrenean ibex was brought back to life, how is the process different from using adult cell cloning to clone a pet?
b)evaluate the use of adult cell cloning to conserve endangered species, give a conclusion
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scientists have brought an extinct species of mountain goat the pyrenean ibex back to life, these scientsts used skin cells from a preserved pyreanean ibex in cloning experiments, the seicnets removed the nuclear from domestic goat egg cells, tranferred cell nuclei from the skin cells to the ibex into domestic goat egg cellls, and they used domestic goats as surrogate mothers for the embryos.
1.a) the pyrenean ibex was brought back to life, how is the process different from using adult cell cloning to clone a pet?
b)evaluate the use of adult cell cloning to conserve endangered species, give a conclusion
^^ thanks so much if your still with me and help me 10pts to best answers ! many thank x!
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> 1.a) the pyrenean ibex was brought back to life, how is the process different from using adult cell cloning to clone a pet?
The process was delayed. The ibex donor had been dead ten years by the time the preserved tissue sample was used for a cloning attempt. For pets there would probably not be so great a delay.
The surrogate mother was a goat -- not the same species as the ibex. For pets, the same species surrogate mother would be used.
Hundreds of attempts resulted in one baby ibex that lived a few minutes. For pets, the process is somewhat more successful.
b)evaluate the use of adult cell cloning to conserve endangered species, give a conclusion
It could work and be useful if you have material from plenty of adults. Otherwise you end up with inbreeding in subsequent generations.
The process was delayed. The ibex donor had been dead ten years by the time the preserved tissue sample was used for a cloning attempt. For pets there would probably not be so great a delay.
The surrogate mother was a goat -- not the same species as the ibex. For pets, the same species surrogate mother would be used.
Hundreds of attempts resulted in one baby ibex that lived a few minutes. For pets, the process is somewhat more successful.
b)evaluate the use of adult cell cloning to conserve endangered species, give a conclusion
It could work and be useful if you have material from plenty of adults. Otherwise you end up with inbreeding in subsequent generations.