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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 26 – Three florescent cloned pigs, born last year, are all pregnant now and will deliver their babies in January next year, according to information released from the School of Biological Science at the Northeast Agricultural University, a body responsible for China's transgenic cloning pig program.
A year ago, China's first three green florescent protein transgenic cloning pigs were born at the Northeast Agricultural University. This is the fourth case of florescent cloning pigs produced with body cell nuclear transfer method. Previously1, the United States, South Korea and Japan had produced florescent cloning pigs with similar methods. The three pigs have been growing over the past year and their weights have reached the required standards. They became pregnant after mating with ordinary boars and are expected to deliver piglets in January next year. The research team wants to find out whether the piglets still carry the florescent feature after the mother pigs mating with ordinary male pigs. Researchers will select piglets with florescent feature to mate with other ordinary pigs to test the result. The research will help scientists to find out how to apply transgenic method to domestic pigs and how to use pigs to set up a medical treatment model for human beings as well as to deepen scientists' study in using pigs for human organ transplantation tests. It will also promote animal husbandry development and open a new way for related medical research.
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