China breeds 2 more "fluorescent piglets"

According to Science and Technology Daily, the Northeast Agricultural University reported that China's first green fluorescent protein transgenic cloned pig successful produced 11 piglets this past January. Among these 11 piglets, 2 carry green fluorescent genetic characteristics. As a result, the number of "fluorescent piglets" has doubled to 4.

In December 2006, from the transgenic cloned pigs project, chaired by Professor Liu Zhonghua from China’s Northeast Agricultural University, three green fluorescent protein transgenic cloned pigs were delivered by natural birth. The successful birth of green fluorescent protein transgenic cloned pigs, this time around, reflects the development of China's transgenic pig reproduction by somatic cell nuclear transplantation technology.