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short-wavelength, UV excitable fluorochrome such as Hoechst 33342 (Tsunoda et al.,<br />
1988) and exposure to UV light method has been applied successfully in porcine<br />
cloning.<br />
<strong>The</strong> advantage <strong>of</strong> visualising the DNA is that very little cytoplasm surrounding the<br />
spindle is removed. However, the method poses the risk <strong>of</strong> damaging the maternal<br />
cytoplast by exposure to UV irradiation. However a very short exposure is tolerable<br />
as evidenced by the birth <strong>of</strong> live <strong>of</strong>fspring (Li et al., 2004).<br />
1.3.3.3 Telophase I enucleation<br />
<strong>The</strong> method was first introduced in the mouse (Kono et al., 1991). At telophase <strong>of</strong> the<br />
first meiotic division (TI), extrusion <strong>of</strong> the first polar body is visible as an extrusion<br />
cone on the surface <strong>of</strong> the oocyte. <strong>The</strong> meiotic chromosomes have separated but are<br />
still attached to the meiotic spindle. A portion <strong>of</strong> cytoplasm is removed from the<br />
extruding region containing the telophase chromosomes and spindle. This method has<br />
several advantages over MII enucleation, firstly a smaller volume <strong>of</strong> oocyte<br />
cytoplasm is removed and secondly much higher percentage <strong>of</strong> enucleated oocytes is<br />
achieved (Lee and Campbell, 2006). Ovine clones have been produced by TI<br />
enucleation (Choi and Campbell, 2010). This method has potential to be used in<br />
porcine SCNT.<br />
1.3.3.4 Telophase II enucleation<br />
Telophase II (TII) enucleation is based on the removal <strong>of</strong> chromatin after oocyte<br />
activation. As an extrusion cone is visible allowing aspiration <strong>of</strong> the telophase second<br />
polar body and surrounding cytoplasm are aspirated at the TII stage (Bordignon and<br />
Smith, 1998). This method has not been used successfully to obtain porcine clones.<br />
A disadvantage <strong>of</strong> this approach is that the drop in MPF at the telophase stage may<br />
affect the cloning efficiency although the enucleation method is efficient (Li et al.,<br />
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