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Miracle Millie, a 6 year old female chihuahua from Puerto Rico, was recently entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the most cloned dog in the world. South Korean scientists from a private company succeeded create almost fifty genetically (and, of course, externally) identical copies of the animal. However, this is not the first time that this the dog broke the world record.
Sooam Biotech Research Seoul Successfully Engaged cloning pets for 12 years, despite different kind of criticism addressed. Last year, researchers contacted owner Miracle Millie Vanessa Semler and offered the woman put the cloning of a unique dog on stream. Vanessa answered by consent.
Yes, Miracle Millie is by no means an ordinary chihuahua. In 2012, she was recognized as the smallest dog on the planet. Experts from The Republic of Korea not only wanted to create many clones of this animal, but also unravel the mystery of its tiny growth. Since august 2017, genetics received 49 Miracle Millie clones, and all of them turned out to be as tiny as she is.
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Koreans use the same 50-year technology that was used for cloning the famous sheep Dolly. As with her, making copies of chihuahua was achieved by transplanting nuclei somatic cells in the oocyte cytoplasm. Every received the embryo was placed in a surrogate mother, who doesn’t even have to was a dog of the same breed. Only small dimensions are important such a bitch.
As a reward for providing genetic material of her favorite Vanessa Semler received the first 12 clones Miracle Millie. A dozen chihuahuas now live in Florida with their mistress and “mother.” Semler claims that the clones indistinguishable from the donor, not only externally, but also in character. If Miracle Millie suddenly accidentally loses her collar, she will be very it is not easy to identify among the “daughters”.
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