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Camel Clone

When looking for a perfect five-star hotel in Dubai, there is a splendid array of choices here. Seasoned in old world hospitality and comfort, the hotels are built to please. With a keen sense of design and technologically-forward insight, there are amenities to make all the guests feel right at home, and absolutely connected to the world. The cultural life of Dubai is fascinating. There are connections to the international cultural scene here that offer plenty of evidence that this city is on the cutting edge of style and sophistication. There are also cultural traditions which steep it in old-world charm and grace.

One icon that brings old and new together is the figure of the camel. Subject of legends and myths, and visible everywhere as a living monument to culture, the camel is fascinating on so many levels. And as anyone who has ever witnessed camel racing can testify, it certainly is a very exciting sport. It is a long tradition in the region, and goes back for generations. It also is a tradition that has its feet in the past and its eyes in the future. The Camel Reproduction Centre is testimony to this.

Lulu Skidmore, who is in charge of the breeding program for the crown prince of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, is a scientist on the cutting edge of technological and cultural history. She is involved in a pioneer program to look at the breeding habits of the camel, and to develop technologies to breed camels whose stock has favorable genetic predispositions toward racing. The gestation period for a camel is 13 months, and since the female has typically been more skilled at racing than her male counterpart, it is time-consuming to take the winning camels out of the racing loop to breed. So scientists here have found a solution, and have been successful at cloning the first camel. Born in April, 2009, the first cloned camel is named Injaz, or Achievement. The gestation was without incident, setting a promising precedent for camel breeding, whose future continues to look auspicious.

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