What is cloning?

What is cloning? What are cloned? Why is cloning resorted to?

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    Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically identical individuals are produced by accident (as with identical twins), but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by some conscious design.

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Cloning is a method of duplicating the genetic material in two of more organisms. Cloning in plants can allow for many copies of a difficult hybrid. Cloning in microbes is a waste of time except in the information that this might give. Cloning in animals may have some uses, but considering the possible complications may never be worth it. Perhaps it is not nice to fool Mother Nature. Perhaps humans should learn more about genetic material before we start messing with it. A chemical experiment gone wrong is usually over in a short period of time. If the scale is small, the damage, no matter how toxic, is relatively small. A genetic experimant gone wrong might duplicate itself and almost last forever.

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Cloning is a method of duplicating the genetic material in two of more organisms. Cloning in plants can allow for many copies of a difficult hybrid. Cloning in microbes is a waste of time except in the information that this might give. Cloning in animals may have some uses, but considering the possible complications may never be worth it. Perhaps it is not nice to fool Mother Nature. Perhaps humans should learn more about genetic material before we start messing with it. A chemical experiment gone wrong is usually over in a short period of time. If the scale is small, the damage, no matter how toxic, is relatively small. A genetic experimant gone wrong might duplicate itself and almost last forever.

Richard

Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically identical individuals are produced by accident (as with identical twins), but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by some conscious design.

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Cloning is the process by which exact copies of a life form can be produced, with identical DNA. Although cloned sheep have been produced by working with early stages of an egg, the process need not be so sophisticated. Dr. Wilson Greatbacth, inventor of the heart pacemaker, explained in a talk to inventors in Albany, NY, that he was conducting an experiment to clone trees. Basically, he selected the fastest straightest growing tree he could find of a given species and cut the leaves into small pieces growing identical trees. This would be a real boon to efficiently "grow" better telephone poles, straighter and faster or to produce the most popular firewood at less cost to the tree farmer. Cloning is neither good nor bad depending on the specific application.

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Cloning is the process by which exact copies of a life form can be produced, with identical DNA. Although cloned sheep have been produced by working with early stages of an egg, the process need not be so sophisticated. Dr. Wilson Greatbacth, inventor of the heart pacemaker, explained in a talk to inventors in Albany, NY, that he was conducting an experiment to clone trees. Basically, he selected the fastest straightest growing tree he could find of a given species and cut the leaves into small pieces growing identical trees. This would be a real boon to efficiently "grow" better telephone poles, straighter and faster or to produce the most popular firewood at less cost to the tree farmer. Cloning is neither good nor bad depending on the specific application.

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