In SCNT, what is removed from the egg before the donor nucleus is added?

Its nucleus. The egg's own nucleus is removed. The donor nucleus then takes its place. The egg's cytoplasm stays and reprograms the new nucleus. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

From which kind of cell was Dolly the sheep cloned?

A mammary gland cell of an adult sheep. Dolly was made from mammary gland cells of a six-year-old Finn Dorset ewe. This made her the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

Which scientist showed in 1962, using frogs, that a specialised cell keeps all the genes of the animal?

John Gurdon. John Gurdon moved a nucleus from a tadpole's intestinal cell into a frog egg. It grew into a normal tadpole. He shared the 2012 Nobel Prize. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

Which statement about Dolly the sheep is correct?

Her birth was announced in Nature in February 1997. Dolly was born on 5 July 1996. Nature published the news on 27 February 1997. She was not genetically modified. She was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

Which Indian institute produced the cloned buffalo calf Garima in 2009?

NDRI, Karnal. ICAR says the National Dairy Research Institute at Karnal produced Garima on 6 June 2009. It used Handguided Cloning, a modification of the technique used for Dolly. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

Which pair received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for showing that mature cells can be reprogrammed?

Gurdon and Yamanaka. The prize went to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka. It honoured the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. Read more: SciTech0183 — Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology.

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What is an application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology?A.Production of biolarvicidesB.Manufacture of biodegradable plasticsC.Production of disease-free organisms specifically, as this technology’s defining useD.Reproductive cloning of animals

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