- Scientists in China have successfully cloned wild Arctic Wolf for the first time
- A Beijing-based gene firm had succeeded in cloning the Arctic Wolf to prevent the endangered species from going extinct.
- The newly cloned wolf was named Maya, which means good health.
- The donor cell of the wolf came from a skin sample of a wild female Arctic Wolf. Its oocyte was obtained from a dog.
- The cloning process involved the construction of 137 new embryos from enucleated (process of removing nucleus from the cell) oocytes and somatic cells.
- 85 embryos were transferred to the uteri of seven beagles.
- The beagle was chosen as the surrogate mother since this dog breed is found to share genetic ancestry with ancient wolf.
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