animal cloning
Copying living creatures
Animal cloning is the process of creating a genetically identical copy of an animal, typically by transferring DNA from a donor cell into an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed.
The technique gained public attention with Dolly the sheep in 1996.
Cloning is used in agriculture, research, and occasionally to reproduce deceased pets: The company offers animal cloning services for grieving pet owners.
- DollyNickname for Dorothy
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- geneticRelating to heredity
- duplicateExact replica of original
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
carbon copy · embryo · DNA · laboratory · scientist · mad scientist · identical · identical twin · twin · surrogate · cell · nucleus · petri dish · stem cell · biotechnology · ethics · Jurassic Park · science fiction
- CloningDolly the sheep, twinning, identical twin, identical twins, replica
- GMOsgolden rice, GMO soy, GMO seeds, genetic modification, genetically modified
- embryologyembryo, zygote, embryology, blastocyst, embryogenesis
animal cloningsexual reproduction
Two-parent genetic combination
selective breeding · crossbreeding · hybridization · natural selection · outbreeding
animal cloningsexual reproduction
Two-parent genetic combination
mating · natural conception · live birth · spontaneous generation · in vitro fertilization
animal, animals, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate, animalism, animalistic