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Encyclopedia > Noah, Cloned Gaur

Noah, Cloned Gaur is a rare ox called an Asian gaur, cloned and gestated in the womb of a cow.


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CNN.com - Nature - First cloned endangered species dies 2 days after birth - January 12, 2001 (800 words)
Noah, as the gaur was called, was born on January 8 in Iowa weighing 80 pounds.
The clone the gaur, scientists removed the nucleus from a cow's egg cell and replaced it with the nucleus of a gaur skin cell.
Bessie was one of 40 cows to have a cloned gaur embryo placed in her womb.
ACT Gaur Dies (1506 words)
Noah was the first animal to gestate in the womb of another species and survive through the late stages of fetal development.
Gaur, native to India and Burma, are brownish-fl animals with white legs, a pronounced shoulder hump, and horns that curve inward.
Noah, as the gaur was called, was born on January 8th in Des Moines, IA weighing 80 pounds.
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