Cloning
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is the production of a group of genetically identical cells or
organisms, all descended from a single individual. The members of a clone
have precisely the same characteristics, except where mutation and
environmentally caused developmental variation have occurred. The DNA is
precisley the same an ....
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.... of artificial cloning used in plant
breeding, cells are cut from a plant and placed in a flask with a nutrient
medium. The cells grow and divide, forming embryonic tissues that are
transferred to soil, where they produce complete plants. Grafting is
another method of cloning used in Horticulture. Matching cuts are made in
the stems of two plants, which are then fitted together so that their
transport systems are in contact. The wounded area heals, and the two stems
become a single physiologic ....
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