A benchmark in cloning at Audubon Nature Institute.The AZA accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Audubon Nature Institute The Audubon Nature Institute is family of museums and parks dedicated to nature based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It consists of the Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Audubon Park, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species in New Orleans was home to a notable scientific first in July 2005. Two cloned African wildcat females each bred with the resident cloned wildcat male, Ditteaux, to produce two separate litters of kittens. This is the first time in history that healthy babies have been born to two unrelated clones of a wild species. Not only is this concept intriguing, but the potential to utilize cloning amongst near-extinct populations of wild animals to enhance limited gene pools is one step closer to becoming a reality. This research also has immense implications when coupled with cryopreservation cryopreservation /cryo·pres·er·va·tion/ (-prez?er-va´shun) maintenance of the viability of excised tissue or organs by storing at very low temperatures. cry·o·pres·er·va·tion n. techniques. If a genetically valuable animal's cells are preserved in a frozen zoo, those genes can eventually be cloned and then reintroduced back into the population. These successes offer hope to the growing number of critically endangered species Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct. IUCN Category The World Conservation Union (IUCN), widely considered to be the most objective and authoritative system for classifying species in terms of the for which cloning might become a viable last resort. |
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