{"id":21590,"date":"2025-07-12T08:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=21590"},"modified":"2025-07-12T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:48:06","slug":"chinese-scientists-successfully-clone-yak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=21590","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists successfully clone yak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A staff member inspects a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cloned yak was born via caesarean section on Thursday at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, researchers have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cloned calf weighed 33.5 kg at birth, heavier than most yak newborns, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xinhua reporters saw the calf, which has a completely black coat, at the breeding base on Friday. It was able to walk and in good health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project began in July 2023 as a joint initiative by a research team from Zhejiang University in east China, the Damxung County government and the Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Autonomous Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scientists used whole-genome selection and somatic cell cloning technologies to produce the cloned yak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fang Shengguo, who led the research team from Zhejiang University, said that cloning technology will play a key role in improving yak breeds and building a breeding system for high-altitude livestock in Xizang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yaks are endemic to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, serving as both key livelihood assets for local herding communities and an integral component of the plateau’s ecosystem. \u25a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An aerial drone photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An aerial drone photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a cloned yak (front) at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff members inspect a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20250711\/7ff91f82466f4147ba96106db156fcb7\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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