•Any cell that is
not a reproductive cell or germ cell
is a somatic cell. Transfer of a somatic cell nucleus into the enucleated egg of a closely related species allows for the genetic component of that organism to be recovered.
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•Not normally
considered as cloning but relying on the same technical manipulations would be germ cell nuclear transfer. This would entail the storage of diploid germ cell or stem cell nuclei that are injected into enucleated donor eggs.
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