Prometea
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Prometea (born May 28, 2003), a
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The name "Prometea" is the feminine form of Prometeo ("Prometheus" in Greek).
Science
The horse is the seventh species to be cloned yet.[2] Dr. Cesare Galli and others at the lab experimented with 841 reconstructed embryos; of the 14 viable embryos, four were implanted in surrogate mothers - only that of Prometea succeeded in being born. Prometea was born to her twin mother who her cloning cells originated from.[3] Texas A&M University was also undertaking a horse-cloning project when the Italian team first succeeded. Horse cloning like Prometea could eliminate the problem of champion
Although horses are not threatened with extinction or other major problem now, cloning may create less genetic diversity among horses by using these horses to breed. This increases the life time of one breeding set of genetics resulting in less variability in a population. In conservation biology, there are concerns related to the lack of genetic diversity that allows for continuation of the species through genetic variation.[4]
See also
- List of historical horses
- Pieraz (second cloned horse)
References
- ^ BioCentre // The Centre for Bioethics & Public Policy
- ^ (See Cloning for a list and names)
- S2CID 52836411.
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- World's first cloned horse is born New Scientist. Referenced March 6, 2011.
- Cloning Horseplay Science Now. Referenced March 6, 2011.
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