Illustration of mitochondrial swapping, working with oocytes from rhesus monkeys

Nuclear material removed Nucleus removed to from the donor egg create enucleated egg Egg from mother with Egg from normal mitochondrial detect female \ Fertilization of reconstructed oocyte q Reconstructed oocyte with donor nuclear material Developing blastocyst that was implanted into a surrogate mother, who gave birth to a baby monkey Normal rhesus monkey whose cells contain the nuclear genome of the affected mother, the nuclear genome of the father, and the mitochondrial genome from the normal female. The baby monkey contains genetic material from three . parents.