Cloning an Adult Mammal is Done by Transplanting a Cell Nucleus Flashcards
What was the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell?
A sheep called dolly in 1996
1) what did they do first? (Removed)
The nucleus of the sheep’s egg cell was removed, creating an enucleated cell
2) what was done second? (Inserted)
A diploid nucleus was inserted in its place. This was a nucleus from a mature udder cell of a different sheep
3) what was done third? (Stimulated)
The cell was stimulated (by electric shock) so it started dividing by mitosis, as if it were a normal fertilised egg
4) what was done fourth? (Implant)
The dividing cell was implanted into the uterus of another sheep to develop until it was ready to be born
5) what was the result?
Dolly, a clone of the sheep that the udder cell came from