Somatic cell nuclear transfer is a technique used for cloning. It involves removing the nucleus from an egg cell, known as an oocyte, and replacing it with the nucleus of a donor adult cell. The oocyte is then stimulated to divide and develop into an embryo. Precise steps are followed, including aligning the egg spindle with a pipette, enucleating the oocyte, inserting the donor cell nucleus into the perivitelline space of the oocyte, and stimulating division. The goal is to generate cloned embryonic stem cells for research or medical applications.