English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Describe what cloning is and explain how plants and animals can be cloned
Explain how cloning is carried out and why it is used in plants and animals
Evaluate the advantages, disadvantages and ethical issues of cloning
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Words and meanings to learn
clone
a genetically identical copy of another organism, produced naturally or artificially
tissue culture
small groups of plant cells grown in a sterile nutrient medium to produce genetically identical plants
adult cell cloning
the nucleus from an adult body cell is inserted into an empty egg cell, which is then stimulated to divide and implanted into a surrogate mother
embryo transplant
cells from a developing embryo are separated and implanted into host mothers, each producing a genetically identical offspring
genetic diversity
the variety of different alleles within a population
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