Cloned at least 500 animals: Coming pork 'originally cloned origin'

So far at least 500 cloned animals that have already been introduced in the reproductive cycle of meat production

THAT'S ONE FAT LOOKIN' PIG....ER I MEAN ON THAT STICK

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AUTHOR: Bernard Karakas

How China is vigorously steeped in pig farming, one should not be surprised if the market soon dawns Sichuan ham, sausage Mandarin or cracklings become a recognizable brand of Beijing. In fact, not only have they raised production as the UK recently imported high-quality pig sperm worth $ 73.5 million, but now in production, the first factory for cloning pigs in the world.

Descendants of production

This unique "drive" in the world is located in southern China, and is managed by BGI, a company that aims to become the largest producer of cloned animals in the world. At this point in the laboratory BGI-I employs hundreds of scientists and technicians, and the goal is to produce cloned pigs breeding top quality performance.

- If the individual pigs ideal body constitution, ideal production traits, good ratio of fat and meat , the best solution is to clone, isnt it, and then these clones are used as the basis for breeding - say in the administration of BGI-I. That are successful in cloning, the fact is that they have cloned at least 500 animals that have been introduced in the reproductive cycle. Cloned pigs by taking an egg donor from which the DNA is extracted and then put it in pig DNA that is to be cloned. The early embryo is then "installed" in a surrogate mother who carries the clone until birth.

Mapping genes

Astonishing is that this "production clones" no place in a strict, sterile conditions that we're seeing in the laboratories of Europe or the United States. The premises for cloning flying flies, on the ground is often waste and I "drive" is located in a former shoe factory.No matter what, BGI plans of this facility to make the world's largest center not only cloning but also genetic mapping. They have already purchased 156 devices for sequencing genes, and for comparison - University of Cambridge such machines has only the 30th

- We plan to map the genes million animals and a million plants. We will make the greatest genetic map of the world because we can improve agriculture - say in BGI her.

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