French Rabbits Are Reproducing Like Sheep
French researchers reported today that they had succeeded in cloning rabbits using genetic material from adult cells. The animal joins sheep, cattle, goats, mice, pigs and cats in the select but rapidly growing fraternity of cloned organisms.
The four cloned female rabbits were born last year at the National Institute for Agronomical Research outside Paris. A team of developmental biologists led by Jean-Paul Renard held off reporting the achievement until the animals were fully mature and their good health certain.
“Everything is OK with them. They have started to reproduce normally,” Renard said.
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