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World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf

September 23 , 2022 553 days 651 0
  • China have successfully cloned wild Arctic Wolf for the first time.
  • It aims to prevent the endangered species from going extinct.
  • The newly cloned wolf was named Maya, which means good health.
  • The donor cell of the wolf came from a skin sample of a wild female Arctic Wolf.
  • Its oocyte was obtained from a female dog.
  • The Arctic Wolf is also known as white wolf or polar wolf.
  • It is native to the High Arctic tundra of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • It is a subspecies of the grey wolf. 

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