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Nuclear transfer saddles up

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 605–607 (2006)Cite this article

As equine cloning becomes a commercial reality, what will be the likely impact on the elite world of horse breeding and racing? Stephanie L. Church investigates.

Some animal scientists and veterinarians see equine cloning—ongoing since 2003 when the first equine clone, a mule named Idaho Gem was born—as a boon to both horse breeding and research. Cloning could prolong lines of superior horses when the founders are no longer fertile, enable the reproduction of castrated male horses and provide tools for probing equine physiology to develop better veterinary treatments.

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Figure 1: The phenotype/genotype conundrum.

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