Cloning 2
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Of all the terms coined by scientists which have entered popular vocabulary, 'clone' has
become one of the more emotive. Strictly speaking a clone refers to one or more offspring
derived from a single ancestor, whose genetic composition is identical to that of the
ancestor. No sex is involved in th ....
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.... deliberate, splitting of a single embryo. Members of a clone are genetically identical and
genetic identity has given cloning an additional more technical meaning: namely the
procedures used to create a new organism whose genetic constitution is a replica of
another existing individual. Such a feat can be achieved by substituting the nucleus, which
contains the genes, from one of the cells making up that individual's body, for the nucleus
of a fertilised egg.
Since our genes dicta ....
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