Injas, whose name is translated from Arabic as "achievement", was removed from the nucleus of an ovary cell of an adult camel, which had previously been cultivated and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Pregnancy in the female passed without complications, and the baby was born after 378 days of gestation.
At birth, the weight of Injas was 30 kg. DNA cells from camel and donor camels, tested at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Laboratory in Dubai, showed complete identity and proved that Injas is a complete clone.
The project team leader, Dr. Lulu Skidmo from the Center for the Reproduction of Camels, called the birth of Injas "a breakthrough that led to the work years of several dozen people." Cloning will make it possible to preserve the genetics of the best running camels, as well as camels giving milk. Injas was born a year after the birth of two camel twins Zaha and Baha, who were once conceived and separated by human help, who were born on February 10 and February 26, 2008, after 13 months of gestation by camels.
