• theneverfox@pawb.social
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      It also requires an egg, just with the nucleus removed

      We’ve done similar things before, these mice have 3 parents. The mitochondria come from the maternal line and have their own DNA

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        It doesn’t use the chromosome from the mother at all and still produces fertile offspring, that’s the breakthrough.