A lone clone piglet in Hebei
Last week Friday scientists at the Chinese Agriculture University celebrated the birth of a piglet that was cloned from a body cell of an adult pig. The piglet was one of a brood of three, but the other two died shortly after birth.
From Xinhua:
The report quoted scientists as saying that cloned pigs would be useful for organ transplants and scientific research, as well as for improving pig species.
Links and Sources
- Xinhua: China creates its 1st cloned pig (from where the image was taken)
- Jinyang Shixun (Chinese): China’s first cloned pig born