Spanish Scientists Clone First Bull for Fighting

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

Fighting Bull Cloned Got, a cloned fighting bull, was born Tuesday at a farm in northern Spain. AP, via Washington Post Vets hope little Got is as tough a fighter as his father the source of his genetic material was Scientists in Spain have cloned a fighting bull for the first time, saying they hoped he would be as fierce as his father. The feat could mean that a fresh version of the same animal would be able to fight again and again (and be killed again and again). The 53-pound calf, named "Got," which means "a glass" in Valencian, was born Tuesday, BBC reported. It took three years for the team to find a way to do it, according to the project leader, Vicente Torrent. Got was created using nuclear transfer, wherein DNA from the "father" bull was inserted into cow's eggs that had been stripped...

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