Crib Gaurav – Cloned Buffalo
Scientists at the Central Institute for Research on
Buffaloes (CIRB) in Hisar, Haryana claimed to have successfully produced a
cloned buffalo offspring ‘Cirb Gaurav’. This cloned buffalo calf is distinct
from the earlier clones produced in India. As this is produced from cells of
ventral side of tail of superior bull buffalo, this part is least exposed to
sunlight and may have less mutation rate, and can be a good choice for
isolation of donor cells to produce healthy clones.
With this achievement, CIRB becomes the world’s
third and India’s second institute to produce cloned buffalo. National Dairy
Research Institute in Karnal was the first to produce a cloned calf in India. This
achievement has been made under the project entitled- Cloning for conservation
and multiplication of superior buffalo germplasm. [GARIMA: The world’s second
cloned buffalo calf through the Advanced Hand-guided Cloning Technique was born
at NDRI, Karnal on June 6, 2009. It survived for more than two years but she
died of heart failure on August 18, 2011.]
What is cloning?
Cloning is the process of creating genetically identical copies of
biological matter. This may include genes, cells, tissues or entire organisms.
Other Clones Animals in India
SAMRUPA
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World’s first cloned buffalo calf; India’s answer to DOLLY, the
cloned sheep; SAMRUPA lived only for five days and died due to lung infection
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GARIMA
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World’s second cloned buffalo; in 2009; died in 2011
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GAMINI
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Cloned calf of female buffalo GARIMA – 2; in 2010
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SHRESTHA
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Cloned calf of male buffalo; in 2010
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NOORI
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World’s first cloned Pashmina Goat; produced at Centre of Animal
Biotechnology at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology of Kashmir (SKAUST), in Srinagar; Funded by World Bank; jointly
worked by SKAUST and National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)
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MAHIMA
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Cloned buffalo; 2013
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SWARAN
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Cloned male buffalo; 2013
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PURNIMA
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Cloned female buffalo; 2013
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LALIMA
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Cloned buffalo; 2014; Hand-guided cloning technique
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RAJAT
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Cloned male calf; 2014; Hand – guided cloning technique
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