ua ) ▁was ▁reported . ▁ ▁In ters pecies ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁In ters pecies ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁( i SC NT ) ▁is ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁som atic ▁cell ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁used ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁rescue ▁of ▁end anger ed ▁species , ▁or ▁even ▁to ▁restore ▁species ▁after ▁their ▁ext inction . ▁The ▁technique ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁SC NT ▁cl oning ▁which ▁typically ▁is ▁between ▁domestic ▁animals ▁and ▁rod ents , ▁or ▁where ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁ready ▁supply ▁of ▁o ocy tes ▁and ▁sur rog ate ▁animals . ▁However , ▁the ▁cl oning ▁of ▁highly ▁end anger ed ▁or ▁ext inct ▁species ▁requires ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁an ▁alternative ▁method ▁of ▁cl oning . ▁In ters pecies ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁util izes ▁a ▁host ▁and ▁a ▁don or ▁of ▁two ▁different ▁organ isms ▁that ▁are ▁closely ▁related ▁species ▁and ▁within ▁the ▁same ▁genus . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Robert ▁L anza ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁cl oned ▁fet us ▁of ▁a ▁g aur , ▁Bos ▁g aur us , ▁combining ▁it ▁successfully ▁with ▁a ▁domestic ▁cow , ▁Bos ▁t aur us . ▁ ▁In ters pecies ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁provides ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁univers ality ▁of ▁the ▁trigger ing ▁mechanism ▁of ▁the ▁cell ▁nucle us ▁re programming . ▁For ▁example , ▁Gu pta ▁et ▁al ., ▁expl ored ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁producing ▁trans gen ic ▁cl oned ▁emb ry os ▁by ▁inter species ▁som atic ▁cell ▁nuclear ▁transfer ▁( i SC NT ) ▁of ▁cattle , ▁m ice , ▁and ▁ch icken