Two kids have been born in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous¹ Region, the offspring of the world's first cloned cashmere goat, the Bayannur city government said Tuesday.

 

巴彦淖尔市政府周二表示，世界上第一头克隆克什米尔细毛山羊下崽两只。
 

 

The two kids, born on Wednesday and Thursday respectively after a natural reproduction process, are strong and in good conditions, according to researchers.

 

"The successful breeding will accelerate the application of clone technology in cashmere goat husbandry," said a researcher at the animal breeding base where the kids were born.

 

The father, the world's first cloned cashmere goat, was born in December 2016. To test its breeding capabilities², researchers let it mate with more than 20 female goats and most were impregnated.

 

The superfine cashmere fiber³ from the goat is less than 13.8 micrometers thick, much finer than the average of 15.8 micrometers on the famous Erlang Mountain goats in Inner Mongolia.

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