sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 19 days agoJapanese scientists have successfully created fertile female clones of a male rat, who can have healthy offspring when breeding with the original male rat.www.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down12
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkJapanese scientists have successfully created fertile female clones of a male rat, who can have healthy offspring when breeding with the original male rat.www.iflscience.comsanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 19 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squaresanitation@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·19 days agoWhy would they run this experiment anyways?
minus-squareBeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·19 days agoPossibly as a way to repopulate nearly endangered species that may not have viable females to reproduce normally?
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days agoNorthern white rhinoceros have only two females left!
minus-squareNathanDerWeise@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoTo prove the cloned offspring is viable/fertile?
Why would they run this experiment anyways?
Possibly as a way to repopulate nearly endangered species that may not have viable females to reproduce normally?
Northern white rhinoceros have only two females left!
To prove the cloned offspring is viable/fertile?