Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) Cloning Using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives
Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) Cloning Using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives
Fahad A. Alshanbari1, Abdelrahman M. A. Elseory2,3*
ABSTRACT
The dromedary camel is an important species for milk and meat production as well as transportation, racing, and beauty competitions in many countries around the world. Camel milk marketing has rapidly increased globally in the past decade. Improvement of reproduction technologies such as artificial fertilization is still limited in the dromedary due to physiological difficulties such as sperm collection and ovulation occurring during mating. Superior dromedary camels with excellent genetic backgrounds are essential targets for selecting and cloning due to their superior fitness. Also, dromedary camels with excellent morphological features, as well as production and aesthetic camels are crucial resources for future use as cell sources for camel cloning. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been achieved in many attempts to produce clone camels. This review highlights current knowledge of SCNT in the species, limitations of the technique, and possible usage of genetic engineering (GE) technology in the dromedary camel.
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