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nuclear transfer

British

noun

the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo

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Reproductive cloning of animals uses a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From Reuters • May 25, 2023

Somatic cell nuclear transfer is the technique of transferring a diploid nucleus into an enucleated egg.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The idea was to use a technology that didn’t exist when the zoo had stored the samples: somatic cell nuclear transfer.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

He is the first to use a technique called nuclear transfer, which takes advantage of the fact that there are two different kinds of DNA in human cells.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2017

He'd never been able to get an adult frog by using nuclear transfer from an adult cell donor.

From Nature • Jun. 28, 2016

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