SCNT Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 stages of SCNT?
A
- Enucleation
- Extraction
- Insertion
- Development
2
Q
What does SCNT use?
A
1x Donated egg
1x Somatic cell
3
Q
What does it mean to “enucleate egg cell”
A
Remove the nucleus
4
Q
What does it mean to “extract somatic cell”
A
Extract the nucleus
5
Q
What occurs during the insertion phase?
A
Insert the extracted nucleus from the somatic cell into the empty egg cell.
6
Q
What occurs during the development phase?
A
Implant egg cell into surrogate mother
7
Q
The cloned baby in SCNT is identical too…
A
Somatic cell donor as that is where it gets its DNA from.
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