Wakayama, T., Perry, A. C. F., Zuccotti, M., Johnson, K. R., and Yanagimachi, R. Full - Term Development of Mice from Enucleated Oocytes Injected with
Cumulus Cell Nuclei.
Not exact matches
To create cloned mice, the team inserted
nuclei from so - called
cumulus cells, which surround the ovary, into egg
cells, or oocytes, without
nuclei.
One group was born from eggs whose
nuclei had been replaced with genetic matter from a type of
cell called a
cumulus cell that surrounds the ovaries.
In addition, the sources of the replacement
nuclei were the egg donors» own
cumulus cells, which encircle developing eggs in the ovary.