Clones

Term Paper # 1359

Biology > Genetics
Engineering > Biomedical
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Clones

An overview of how clones are made, and ethical issues of cloning.

3,000 words () | 8 sources | 1999 United States

Paper Summary:

""A clone is one or more identical organisms descending asexually from a single common ancestor" (Encarta 99). It is a copy or close reproduction of a DNA sequence or gene produced by genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is the alteration of an organism's genetic code, to remove characteristics of a creature that are not wanted and to replace them with desirable ones. Members of a clone are identical in their inherited characteristics except for differences caused by attitude. They have the identical genetic makeup of the parent organism. "