HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Reproductive
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Therapeautic
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Therapeutic cloning involves creating a cloned embryo for the sole purpose of producing embryonic stem cells with the same DNA as the donor cell. These stem cells can be used in experiments aimed at understanding disease and developing new treatments for disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) This technique (sometimes called “reproductive cloning”) was used to clone Dolly the sheep several years ago. Alternatively, embryonic stem cells can be derived from embryos obtained through SCNT. Such cells would be nearly genetically identical to the donor of the somatic cell.
Detailed explanation-3: -The use of cloning to produce special embryonic stem cells is called. transplantational cloning.