Ryder Oliver A
Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92112-0551, USA.
Trends Biotechnol. 2002 Jun;20(6):231-2; discussion 233. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7799(02)01954-6.
Although controversy surrounds cloning efforts, the cloning of animals to assist efforts to preserve genetic variation in support of endangered species conservation efforts has attracted serious interest. A recent report by Loi et al. describing the cloning of a mouflon (a species of wild sheep) in a domestic sheep surrogate points to potential conservation opportunities and additional challenges in the evaluation of appropriate technologies for present and future efforts to conserve gene pools of endangered species.
尽管克隆技术存在争议，但通过克隆动物来保护遗传多样性以支持濒危物种保护工作已引起了广泛关注。洛伊等人最近的一份报告描述了将摩弗伦羊（一种野生绵羊）克隆到一只家养绵羊代孕母羊体内的过程，这一过程揭示了在评估适用于当前及未来濒危物种基因库保护工作的技术时存在的潜在机遇和额外挑战。
