Cloning — Definition & Examples
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- Summary of Cloning Cloning is the process by which scientists are able to take the genetic information from an adult organism and insert it into an egg cell in order to produce …
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Problems 20
- Which of these statements are true? Check all that apply.
- What was the first cloned mammal?
- In the future, scientists hope to use the cells of one animal to produce meat for human consumption and decrease the need for raising and killing farm animals. What is this an a…
- Scientists are working on using human cells to make organs for people in need of organ transplants. This could possibly eliminate the need for human organ donors in the future. …
- Scientists are working on developing ways to use cells of endangered animal species to rapidly increase their numbers and prevent their extinction. What is this an application of?
- Which of the following is most similar to cloning?
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- When scientists want to make a clone, what kind of cell do they take from the animal that they want to make a clone of?
- When scientists use a donor animal and a surrogate to make a clone, who is the cloned animal identical to?
- When scientists are cloning an animal, what is the surrogate?
- In order to make a clone, scientists start with an egg cell and donated DNA. What has to happen to the egg cell before it can be used to make a clone?
- To make a clone of an animal, scientists typically start with DNA from a somatic cell. What is a somatic cell?
- A plasmid is a small DNA molecule commonly found in bacteria. Plasmids have the ability to replicate independently from the rest of the cell. What is a plasmid an example of?
- Some types of starfish have the ability to produce offspring from just a small piece of one of their arms. What is this a natural example of?
- When scientists want to study a gene, it's useful to have many copies of it to work with. Which of the following might they use to do this?
- Identical twins are essentially clones, but often they grow up to look very different from each other. How is this possible?
- Fill in the blank. Identical twins are an example of 000‾\underline{\phantom{000}}000.
- Which of the following is a common technique used for cloning entire organisms?
- What is the purpose of cloning stem cells?
- What is reproductive cloning?