OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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Biotechnology is the use and application of living organisms and biological processes for specific purposes. One example of biotechnology is cloning. Which of these actions can produce a clone?
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inserting a gene into the DNA of an existing organism
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removing a gene from the DNA of an existing organism
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developing new plants by crossing different types of plants
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copying the genetic material from one cell and inserting it in another cell, resulting in two genetically-identical cells
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cloning in biotechnology is intentional cloning of an organism or molecular cloning of DNA fragments. In biotechnology scientists mainly use three types of cloning, known as reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning and DNA cloning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cloning, the process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism. Cloning happens all the time in nature-for example, when a cell replicates itself asexually without any genetic alteration or recombination.
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