Biology A-Level
Somatic cell nuclear transfer
What Somatic cell nuclear transfer means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Somatic cell nuclear transfer
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A somatic cell's nucleus is kept and transferred into an enucleated egg, and the reconstructed cell is stimulated to divide and develop as an embryo, which is then implanted.
Topics that use Somatic cell nuclear transfer
- Cloning and biotechnology (OCR A-Level)
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