Chapter 8: Reproductive Technology

Question 1

Cloning

Answer 1

The asexual production of a genetically identical entity from an existing one.

Question 2

Cloning (Reproductive)

Answer 2

Cloning aimed at the live birth of an individual

Question 3

Cloning (Therapeutic or Research)

Answer 3

Cloning done for purposes other than producing a live individual

Question 4

Cycle

Answer 4

In assisted reproductive technology; A sequence of steps involved in trying to achieve pregnancy through Assistive Reproductive Technology (ART), typically extending from egg retrieval to embryo transfer.

Question 5

Infertility

Answer 5

The inability to get pregnant after one year of unprotected sex.

Question 6

In Vitro Fertilization

Answer 6

The uniting of sperm and egg in a laboratory dish

Question 7

Surrogate

Answer 7

A woman who gestated a fetus for others, usually for. Couple or another woman.

Question 8

Procreative Liberty

Answer 8

The freedom to reproduce or not reproduce

Question 9

Twinning

Answer 9

Kind of cloning that mimics the conception of identical twins