A clone is the name for a group of organisms or other living matter with exactly the same genetic material. Clones can be made from DNA. Scientists use DNA cloning techniques to reproduce specific genes. They first isolate a DNA fragment containing a particular gene. Then they combine the DNA fragment with the plasmid DNA to form recombinant DNA. This plasmid DNA can reproduce very easily, which also helps the new recombinant DNA replicate easily. So, scientist can generate large quantities of the recombinant DNA and the particular gene of interest. Animals can also be cloned. This is done by first destroying the nucleus of an egg cell from the species to be cloned. A nucleus is then removed from a cell of an animal of the same species and injected into the egg cell. The egg, with its new neculeus, develops into an animal with the same genetic makeup as the donor. If a number of eggs receive transplants f

In nature, and even in the lives of humans, clones are present. Cloning occurs with all plants, some insects, algae, and occasionally by all multi-cellular organisms including humans. Identical twins, are clones of each other. They have the same exact genetic information due to the division of an embryo early in development which produces two identical embryos. The child though, still has it’s own personality and will not be exactly the same his or hers entire life.

We are trying to control how humans genetic makeup is. By doing this, we could alter the way human beings could be produced by asexual means. This means that one parent would be involved in the process of producing a child. Which means that there will be very little genetic diversity, and it will become limited. For example, if a population of organisms has the same genetic information, then the disease would wipe out the population. This is because all of the genes are the same and very few organisms have the advantage of fighting the disease over the others.

Cloning also has not been very successful since the clone of “Dolly” in 1997. This was done by Scottish scientists. Since then research in cloning has grown rapidly. “Three cows cloned by scientist at California State U

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