Division of Animal Physiology & Reproduction, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar, India.
Indian J Med Res. 2018 Dec;148(Suppl):S120-S124. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2103_17.
The term animal cloning refers to an asexual mean of reproduction to produce genetically identical copies of any animal without the use of sperm. In India, the cloning of buffalo is well established and clones of the Murrah, the best dairy breed of buffalo, have been produced. The most acclaimed example is the restoration of progeny-tested breeding bull by isolating somatic cells from frozen doses of semen, which were stored for more than a decade in the semen bank. Buffalo bull cloning is considered the best available option to reproduce declared proven bulls and their semen would contribute to accomplishing the demand of ever-growing frozen semen, which is the prime requirement of conventional breeding. This article highlights the importance of buffalo bull cloning and its current status in India.
术语“动物克隆”是指一种无性繁殖方式，用于在不使用精子的情况下产生任何动物的遗传完全相同的复制品。在印度，水牛的克隆已经得到很好的确立，并且已经生产出了穆拉雅（Murrah）的克隆，这是最好的奶牛品种的水牛。最引人注目的例子是通过从冷冻精液剂量中分离出体细胞来恢复经过后代测试的种公牛，这些精液在精液库中已经储存了十多年。水牛公牛克隆被认为是繁殖已宣布的优良种公牛的最佳选择，它们的精液将有助于满足不断增长的冷冻精液的需求，这是常规繁殖的主要要求。本文强调了水牛公牛克隆的重要性及其在印度的现状。
