BIOTECHNOLOGY
APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
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a pathogen
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a clone
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a spliced gene
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a genome
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Detailed explanation-1: -Monozygotic (identical) twins are natural clones. Clones contain identical sets of genetic material in the nucleus-the compartment that contains the chromosomes-of every cell in their bodies.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1996, Scottish scientists cloned the first animal, a sheep they named Dolly. She was cloned using an udder cell taken from an adult sheep. Since then, scientists have cloned cows, cats, deer, horses, and rabbits. They still have not cloned a human, though.
Detailed explanation-3: -More narrowly, a clone can be defined as an individual organism that was grown from a single body cell of its parent and that is genetically identical to it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Myth: Clones are always identical in looks. They have the same genes, but look a little different. That’s because of the way those genes are expressed-that is, how the information in that gene is seen in the actual animal.