(SCNT). However, difficulties in clonal selection of somatic cells with a targeted mutation
often result in heterogeneous nuclear donor cells, including gene-targeted and non-targeted
cells, and impose a risk of producing undesired wildtype cloned animals after SCNT. In
addition, the efficiency of cloning by SCNT has remained extremely low. Most cloned
embryos die in utero, and the few that develop to term show a high incidence of postnatal …