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CCMB to clone cheetah

India will clone an Iranian cheetah in a bid to revive the Indian species that became extinct four decades ago, a senior scientist said today. A team of scientists from Hyderabad based Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology will soon travel to Iran to collect sperm and tissue samples, Lalji Singh, director of the Center said. Iran is one of the few countries that still has Asian cheetah with features similar to that of the Indian cheetahs.