somatic cell nuclear transfer
- noun
- /səˈmætɪk sɛl ˈnjuːklɪər ˈtrænsfɜr/
- Specialized
:
transferencia nuclear de células somáticas
Examples
-
In 1996, researchers produced a sheep, Dolly, using somatic cell nuclear transfer ("SCNT"), commonly known as "cloning."
Academic text (2017) -
This process is called somatic cell nuclear transfer, or more simply, nuclear transfer.
-
Sweden allows somatic cell nuclear transfer research.
-
In 1996, researchers produced a sheep, Dolly, using somatic cell nuclear transfer ("SCNT"), commonly known as "cloning."
Synonyms
A method of putting the nucleus from a body cell into an egg cell whose nucleus has been removed
A cloning method that puts a body cell's nucleus into an egg cell without a nucleus
To move a cell's nucleus and DNA into another cell for cloning or research
Surface Forms
Morphology
somatic + cell + nuclear + transfer
The components literally describe a transfer involving the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer the general idea of moving a cell nucleus. However, the phrase is a specialized technical term whose full procedural meaning (e.g., transfer into an enucleated egg cell used in cloning) is domain-specific and not predictable from the words alone, making the transparency partial.
Etymology
Somatic cell nuclear transfer is the name for a lab process where the nucleus (the cell's control centre) from a somatic cell (a normal body cell) is transferred into an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed. This creates an egg with the body's DNA, so the phrase refers to the method used to make genetic copies in the lab, or 'cloning'.
