World’s First Cloned Camel Delivers a Calf - Rawan For Media Artistic and Production
The
cloned camel, named Injaz (Arabic for "achievement"), gave birth on
November 2, to a healthy female calf weighing about 38kg.
The
announcement was made by the Reproductive Biotechnology Centre,
established under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
Injaz
had conceived naturally and delivered the calf after completing the
normal gestation period. This proves that cloned camels are fertile and
can reproduce like other camels.
Injaz
was cloned using ovarian cells of a camel and was applauded as a great
scientific achievement throughout the world scientific community.
Cloning feats
According
to Dr Nisar Ahmad Wani, Scientific Director of the Centre, many camels
have been cloned in successive years using cells from the skin of
“elite” animals.
The
use of skin cells has made the process of cloning in camels easier. Bin
Soughan was the world’s first camel calf cloned from skin cells of an
“elite bull” in 2010.
“We have few more cloned camels pregnant and are expecting them to deliver early next year,” added Dr Wani.
By Gulf News
Injaz, the cloned camel, gave birth to a healthy female calf weighing about 38kg
The world’s first calf from a cloned camel has been born.
The world’s first calf from a cloned camel has been born.
The
cloned camel, named Injaz (Arabic for "achievement"), gave birth on
November 2, to a healthy female calf weighing about 38kg.
The
announcement was made by the Reproductive Biotechnology Centre,
established under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
Injaz
had conceived naturally and delivered the calf after completing the
normal gestation period. This proves that cloned camels are fertile and
can reproduce like other camels.
Injaz
was cloned using ovarian cells of a camel and was applauded as a great
scientific achievement throughout the world scientific community.
Cloning feats
According
to Dr Nisar Ahmad Wani, Scientific Director of the Centre, many camels
have been cloned in successive years using cells from the skin of
“elite” animals.
The
use of skin cells has made the process of cloning in camels easier. Bin
Soughan was the world’s first camel calf cloned from skin cells of an
“elite bull” in 2010.
“We have few more cloned camels pregnant and are expecting them to deliver early next year,” added Dr Wani.
By Gulf News
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