Chile has achieved its first successful equine cloning. The foal, an identical copy of the polo pony Capacidad, was born on September 26 in the O’Higgins region after a pregnancy of nearly a year. Fidel Ovidio Castro, 65, and Lleretny Rodríguez, 50, two Cuban-born academics working at the School of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Concepción in Chile and founders of the company Vi-Embryos, led a research team that accomplished this reproductive biotechnology milestone, together with the Los Abedules Equine Reproduction Center.

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