Cloning of exotic/endangered species: desert bighorn sheep. Academic Article

abstract

• Cloning using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) may be a useful tool for conserving genetic diversity and for propagating exotic and/or endangered animal species. Somatic cells can be obtained easily, expanded in culture, cryopreserved, and thawed at a later date for use in NT. Significant challenges relevant to using SCNT for cloning wild and endangered animal species include the need for using interspecies NT and interspecies embryo transfer. Animal care and welfare issues raised that are unique to exotic and endangered species also are raised. In this chapter, the methods used in attempts to clone the wild animal species of Desert Bighorn Sheep are described.

authors

• Kraemer, Duane
• Westhusin, Mark

published proceedings

• Methods Mol Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Williams, J. B., Shin, T., Liu, L., Flores-Foxworth, G., Romano, J., Blue-McClendon, A., Kraemer, D., & Westhusin, M. E.

citation count

• 20

complete list of authors

• Williams, James Buck||Shin, Taeyoung||Liu, Ling||Flores-Foxworth, Gabriela||Romano, Juan||Blue-McClendon, Alice||Kraemer, Duane||Westhusin, Mark E

publication date

• January 2006

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)  Journal

keywords

• Animal Welfare
• Animals
• Cells, Cultured
• Cloning, Organism
• Embryo Culture Techniques
• Embryo Transfer
• Estrus
• Female
• Fertilization In Vitro
• Nuclear Transfer Techniques
• Oocytes
• Ovum
• Sheep, Bighorn

PubMed Central ID

• 16988379

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-1-59745-154-3_11

start page

• 169

end page

• 182

volume

• 348

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-154-3_11