Cloning Flashcards
What is the definition of a clone?
A genetically identical organism
What is the most famous clone?
Dolly the sheep
What arw the advantages of plant tissue culture?
The new plants can be grown in a
Short amount of time
Only a small of initial plant tissue is
Required
The new plantlets and plants are more likely to be free of viruses and diseases
You only need a relatively small amount of space
What are the disadvantages of plant tissue culture?
Tissue culture can require more labor and cost more money
There is a chance that the propagated plants will be susceptible to diseases
No variation
What is the first step of cloning a sheep?
The mammary cells are donated
What’s the second step of cloning sheep?
The egg cells are donated
What is the third step in cloning a sheep?
The nucleus is removed from the egg and the cells are fused with electrical pulses
What is the fourth step on cloning a sheep?
The cells are grown in culture
What is the fifth step in cloning a sheep?
The early embryo is implanted into the uterus in a third sheep (surrogate mother)
What is the sixth step in cloning a sheep?
The embryonic development creates the lamb
What is animal cloning?
Animal cloning is the complex process that lets someone exactly copies inherited traits of an animal.
