The factors which influenced somatic embryogenesis and plantlet regeneration in Picea meyeri Rehd. et Wils. were studied in order to establish a high frequency embryogenetic system.
The IVF clinic has apologised for the accident, which is believed to be the first time that a baby has been born after the wrong embryo has been implanted in a woman.
Raquel says that while the essential processes involved in early embryogenesis are similar across mammalian species, the pattern of endogenous retrovirus sequences isn't.