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South Korean Scientists Clone Dog

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-one-clone-with-a-seoul dept.

Ebon Praetor writes "According to the BBC and Reuters, South Korean scientists have created the world's first cloned dog, an Afghan hound. The research purpose of the research is ostensibly to produce research animals and not for commercial purposes. Dogs are especially difficult to clone, but the scientists were able to extract DNA from a skin cell, inject it into an egg, and implant the egg into a surrogate mother."

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  1. RTFA alternative Re:Difficult to clone by StefanJ · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the NYTimes story:

    * Can't stimulate estrus with hormones, as you can with other animals. (Doggy estrus is weird. I read about it while reading up on dogs prior to adopting one. Very complex process, and messy. Glad my pup is spayed.)

    * Difficult to detect ovulation.

    * Eggs are not ripe when they leave the ovary. They have to be nabbed as they travel through the fallopian tube, modified, and reinserted within a few hours.