Cloning: Ethical Issues
Cloning In Context, The Cloning Ban, Cloning Misconceptions
Cloning is the creation of an individual that is a genetic replica of another individual. The process transfers a nucleus from a somatic nonreproductive cell into an "enucleated" fertilized egg, one that has had its own nucleus destroyed or removed. The genes in the transferred nucleus then direct the development of a complete organism from the altered fertilized egg. Two individuals who are clones have identical genes in their cell nuclei, but differ in characteristics that are acquired in other ways.
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- Cloning Organisms - The History Of Cloning, Cloning Amphibians, Cloning Of Mammals: Dolly, Problems With Cloning
- Cloning Genes - Purposes Of Gene Cloning, Cloning Techniques, Importance For Medicine And Industry, Genomic Versus Cdna Clones
- Cloning: Ethical Issues - Cloning In Context
- Cloning: Ethical Issues - The Cloning Ban
- Cloning: Ethical Issues - Cloning Misconceptions
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