Artificial Reproductive Technology in Female Dairy Sheep

Running head: ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN FEMALE DAIRY
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Artificial Reproductive Technology in Female Dairy Sheep
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Executive Summary:
Artificial reproductive technology for livestock production is primarily done for the creation
of genetically identical species. These species are produced for commercial purposes, so that
the dairy products are organic as well as it helps the market economy. The aim of the research
is to deal with cloning, as an assisted reproductive technology. However there are impacts of
the procedure and the research also does suggest some alternative propositions like cross
disciplinary committee surveillance.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Types of Cloning....................................................................................................................4
Gene cloning......................................................................................................................4
Reproductive cloning.........................................................................................................5
Therapeutic cloning............................................................................................................5
Historical Developments........................................................................................................5
Impact of Cloning..................................................................................................................7
Clean..................................................................................................................................7
Green..................................................................................................................................8
Ethical................................................................................................................................8
Alternate propositions............................................................................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Artificial reproductive technologies are the external medical procedures that are
fundamentally used for addressing the problem of infertility. There are a number of
procedures which include in vitro fertilization, cloning production of transgenic animals,
superovulation, insemination and others. There is a growing need for animals with greater
genetic potential in order to increase animal unit productivity to achieve greater quality and
quantity production. Also there is a growing concern to breed transgenic founder animals and
also well clones animal, which would be providing substances worthy for the pharmaceutical
industry. The paper aims at discussing the future aspects of cloning as a reproductive
technology in female dairy sheep. Cloning is an advanced form of an artificial reproductive
technology. It is an artificial process that helps in the production of genetic identical copies of
any biological entity, by transferring the DNA from the somatic cell of the donor animal into
another empty egg, where both of them are fused together. Clones are alike to identical twins,
but they are not mutants.
Discussion
Types of Cloning
Gene cloning
Cloning of genes is performed when genetic engineering produces precise copies of a
particular gene or DNA. The restriction enzymes split the target genes and these are further
inserted into cloning vectors. Simultaneously complimentary genes are inserted and they are
allowed to undergo replication.