{"id":3397,"date":"2025-07-12T05:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3397\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:05:11","slug":"chinese-scientists-successfully-clone-yak-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3397\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists successfully clone yak-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A staff member inspects a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

LHASA, July 11 (Xinhua) — A cloned yak was born via caesarean section on Thursday at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, researchers have said.<\/p>\n

The cloned calf weighed 33.5 kg at birth, heavier than most yak newborns, according to the researchers.<\/p>\n

Xinhua reporters saw the calf, which has a completely black coat, at the breeding base on Friday. It was able to walk and in good health.<\/p>\n

The project began in July 2023 as a joint initiative by a research team from Zhejiang University in east China, the Damxung County government and the Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Autonomous Region.<\/p>\n

The scientists used whole-genome selection and somatic cell cloning technologies to produce the cloned yak.<\/p>\n

Fang Shengguo, who led the research team from Zhejiang University, said that cloning technology will play a key role in improving yak breeds and building a breeding system for high-altitude livestock in Xizang.<\/p>\n

Yaks are endemic to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, serving as both key livelihood assets for local herding communities and an integral component of the plateau’s ecosystem. \u25a0<\/p>\n

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This photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

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An aerial drone photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

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This photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

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An aerial drone photo taken on July 11, 2025 shows a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

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This photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a cloned yak (front) at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n

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Staff members inspect a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jigme Dorje)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A staff member inspects a cloned yak at a yak breeding base in Damxung County, southwest China’s Xizang…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[144,3994,79,201,3993],"class_list":["post-3397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-china","tag-clone","tag-science","tag-wildlife","tag-xizang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}