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    The process of animal cloning involves: 1. Isolating the nucleus from a donor cell and removing the nucleus from an unfertilized egg. 2. Inserting the donor nucleus into the egg cell, making it genetically identical to the donor. 3. Placing the egg into a surrogate womb to develop into an embryo and offspring that is a clone of the donor animal.

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    The process of animal cloning involves: 1. Isolating the nucleus from a donor cell and removing the nucleus from an unfertilized egg. 2. Inserting the donor nucleus into the egg cell, making it genetically identical to the donor. 3. Placing the egg into a surrogate womb to develop into an embryo and offspring that is a clone of the donor animal.

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    The process of animal cloning involves: 1. Isolating the nucleus from a donor cell and removing the nucleus from an unfertilized egg. 2. Inserting the donor nucleus into the egg cell, making it genetically identical to the donor. 3. Placing the egg into a surrogate womb to develop into an embryo and offspring that is a clone of the donor animal.

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    The Process of Animal Cloning

    1. Isolate donor nucleus


    Isolate the nucleus from a somatic (non-reproductive) cell of an adult donor
    sheep. The nucleus contains the complete genetic material of the
    organism. This step is repeated many times to gather many cell nuclei. A
    very small needle and syringe (suction device) is used to poke through the
    cell membrane to capture the nucleus and remove it from the cell.

    2.Get unfertilized eggs


    Retrieve unfertilized egg cells (reproductive) from a female sheep. Many
    eggs are needed since not all of them will survive the various steps of
    cloning.

    3. Remove the egg's nucleus


    Remove the egg cell's nucleus, which contains only one-half of the sheep's
    genetic material. A very small needle and syringe (suction device) is used
    to poke through the cell membrane to capture the nucleus and remove it
    from the cell.

    4. Insert donor nucleus


    Insert the nucleus, with its complete genetic material, isolated from the
    donor mammal in Step 1 into the egg cell that has no nuclear material. The
    egg's genetic material now contains all traits from the donor adult. This egg
    is genetically identical to the donor adult.

    5. Place the egg into womb


    Place the egg into a female sheep's womb. Only a small percentage of
    eggs placed in the womb will start to mature. Those eggs that survive will
    continue to develop into embryos. The egg matures in the womb. When the
    offspring is born, it is a clone (genetically identical) of the donor sheep
    (Explore More: Genetic Engineering).

    When Has Cloning Been Done?

    The

    first genetically identical mice were created in 1979, then soon after by
    using the same process identical cows, sheep, and chickens were
    produced.

    Then in 1996, Scottish researchers produced the first clone of a somatic


    cell after 276 tries, and the sheep Dolly, the lamp from the cell of a six year
    old sheep. In Japan they cloned eight cows from one cow but only four of
    them survived. Other animals have been cloned as well like animals of rich
    owners who want their dead pet back.

    Some researchers have been claimed to have cloned humans but their was
    no real evidence that it was really true (National Human Genome Research
    Institute).
    Rex Dyer, PHD in microbiology, says, I do cloning every day. I genetically
    reconstruct the DNA of bacteria in food and make a copy of it to experiment
    on.

    What is Cloning?
    Cloning is a lot of different processes that can be used to produce
    genetically identical copies of a biological entity. A clone is basically a copy
    of the genetic makeup of the original.

    Will Cloning Be Done in the Future?

    Yes. Cloning has been going on for a long time now. People use it to bring
    back their dead pets and to increase their livestock. It is actually used in
    making corn by genetically engineered the crop species to be planted again
    (National Human Genome Research Institute).

    references
    http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/ge/what/clone.cfm
    https://www.genome.gov/25020028

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