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Nature Cell Biology 6, 920–922 (1 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/ncb1004-920

Nuclear transfer: Epigenetics pays a visit

Naoyuki Fujita & Paul A. Wade

Within the past 50 years, animal cloning has moved from the realm of science fiction to that of science fact. Essential to this breakthrough was a technique known as nuclear transfer (also referred to as nuclear transplantation).