SCNT stands for Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. It is used for creating an ovum with a donor nucleus. It can be useful in embryology and a donor nucleus. The steps of SCNT are as following: <span>d. Isolate donor cells from egg donor and germ cell donor </span><span>c. Remove and discard the nucleus from the egg cell </span><span>e. Transfer the somatic cell nucleus into the egg cell </span><span>a. Stimulate cell division </span><span>f. Implant embryo into a surrogate mother </span><span>b. Deliver baby</span>
To make a clone, researchers isolate a somatic cell from an adult female organism. Next, they transfer the nucleus from that cell to an egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed. After a couple of chemical tweaks, the egg cell, with its new nucleus, behaves like a newly fertilized egg or zygote. It develops into an embryo, which was implanted into a surrogate mother and carried to term.
