中国首只克隆猫“大蒜”诞生China's first cloned cat born in Beijing
A company in Beijing announced on Monday that it had successfully bred(繁殖 fán zhí) China's first cloned cat(克隆猫 kè lóng māo ), reports China Science and Technology Daily.
A photo of China's first cloned cat, a kitten named Garlic, shared on Sina Weibo by Scientific Exploration. [Screenshot: China Plus]
"The kitten named Garlic(大蒜 dà suàn) was born on July 21 in a laboratory(实验室shí yàn shì ) of the biotechnology company Sinogene. It was born from an embryo carried by a surrogate mother," said Wang Jidong, the CEO of Sinogene. "Garlic has been verified as a cloned cat by a third-party verification organization, and is currently in a good condition."
The birth(出生chū shēng) of the kitten is the result of a cloning program that began last August. Chen Dayuan, a researcher from the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the technology(技术jì shù) developed by the company has a high success rate: one cloned kitten from four implanted surrogates.
It's rare(罕见的 hǎn jiàn de) for cats to be successfully cloned, said Shi Zhensheng, a professor from the Veterinary Medicine College at China Agricultural University. Cats have unique reproductive characteristics, which make them difficult to clone. The success(成功chéng gōng) of Sinogene marks a step forward in China's cloning research sector.
The cloning technology used to create Garlic will help China to build a genetic library of endangered species(濒危物种 bīn wēi wù zhǒng ), with the goal of breeding species under threat of extinction.
中文里的外来词
Chinese words borrowed from English
For example:
克隆【kè lóng】clone
高尔夫【gāo ěr fū】golf
吉普车【jí pǔ chē 】jeep
巧克力【qiǎo kè lì】chocolate
芭蕾【bā lěi】ballet
酷【kù】cool
咖啡【kā fēi】coffee
逻辑【luó jí】logic
模特【mó tè】 model
扑克【pū kè】 poker
三明治【sān míng zhì】 sandwich
酒吧【jiǔ bā】bar