Celia Reborn - The Story of a Domestic Goat

We are in the age of cloning since Dolly. What's the recipe, what do you need to get from Celia to Celia too? First of all, what you need is a cell from the extinct species - these are better taken whilst that species is still alive. So then you take the DNA from Celia, you put it into the empty egg cell which has had its own DNA removed and give it a little jolt of electricity to make the cells start dividing. The embryo was implanted into the uterus of the domestic goat, who then carried it to term and gave birth to it. Does a domestic goat feel about carrying an Iberian ibex inside it? I'm

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