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Title: Is the electrical pulse in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer used to fuse the cells?
Post by: tlipman on Jul 20, 2015
Or is it to initiate division?


Title: Re: Is the electrical pulse in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer used to fuse the cells?
Post by: bolbol on Jan 18, 2022
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer with Transgenic Cells. (A) A mature oocyte is enucleated by a glass pipet and a transgenic somatic cell (gray striped cell) is transferred under the zona pelucida of the oocyte. An electrical pulse is then given to fuse the two cell membranes transferring the transgenic donor nucleus into the oocyte.


Title: Re: Is the electrical pulse in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer used to fuse the cells?
Post by: Semantha Lorez on Aug 2, 2022
Yes, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), technique in which the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell is transferred to the cytoplasm of an enucleated egg.