Methods for cloning mammals using reprogrammed donor chromatin or donor cells
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1. A method of cloning a non-primate mammal, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) permeabilizing a non-primate mammalian cell, thereby generating a permeabilized cell having pores in its plasma membrane or a partial plasma membrane;
(b) incubating said permeabilized cell in an extract from an oocyte under conditions that allow chromatin condensation and nuclear envelope breakdown of said permeabilized cell;
(c) inserting said cell formed in step (b) into a nucleated or enucleated oocyte, thereby forming a reconstituted oocyte; and
(d) transferring said reconstituted oocyte or an embryo formed from said reconstituted oocyte into the uterus of a host mammal under conditions that allow said reconstituted oocyte or said embryo to develop into a fetus.
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The invention provides methods for cloning mammals that allow the donor chromosomes or donor cells to be reprogrammed prior to insertion into an enucleated oocyte. The invention also features methods of inserting chromosomes or nuclei into recipient cells.
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1. A method of cloning a non-primate mammal, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) permeabilizing a non-primate mammalian cell, thereby generating a permeabilized cell having pores in its plasma membrane or a partial plasma membrane;
(b) incubating said permeabilized cell in an extract from an oocyte under conditions that allow chromatin condensation and nuclear envelope breakdown of said permeabilized cell;
(c) inserting said cell formed in step (b) into a nucleated or enucleated oocyte, thereby forming a reconstituted oocyte; and
(d) transferring said reconstituted oocyte or an embryo formed from said reconstituted oocyte into the uterus of a host mammal under conditions that allow said reconstituted oocyte or said embryo to develop into a fetus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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