Chapter 9 bio Flashcards
Reproductive cloning tech in animals include
Somatic cell and nuclear transfer (SCNT)
SCNT involves 2 diff cells
donated egg cell and somatic cell from another animal
Why identical to donated?
They contain same nucleus and genetic material
4 stages
- Enucleated
- Extraction
- Insertion
- Development
Enucleated
removal of nucleus from dna from donated egg cell to produce enucleated egg cell
extraction
donated somatic cell is extracted
insertion
somatic cell is inserted into enucleated cell
development
cell begins to devide into embryo, which is then implanted into surrogate mother
Complications of SCNT
Animal suffering: can suffer from abnormalties
Human cloning: illegal, destruction of egg cells and embryos from failed attempts
premeture aging: age linked diseases
Embryo splitting
-naturally occurs in the production of identical twins
-ideal splitting is between 6-8 weeks, bc cells are still totipotent and capable of developing into viable embryos
application of embryo splitting
conducted with in-vitro fertalisation IVF
Complication of embryo splitting
alterations of embryos: viewed as sacred, others argue that it should never be altered
Genetic diversity: decrease in genetic diversity of population = more diseases and env canges
research animals:can lead to the objectification of aniamls
reproductive cining tech in plants include
plant tissue culturing, cutting, and grafting
plant cutting
obtained by ctting off a fragment of a plant then placing it in right conditions to develop into another plant
plant grafting
attaching stem of one plant to a stem ofanother with an already developed root system, eventually growing and fusing together