Cloning 101

Clones have the exact same:

• Personalities

• Physical appearances

• Intelligence levels

• Genetic material

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What can you conclude from the fact that humans have cloned plants for thousands of years?

• Most of the crops that exist today are clones

• Cloning plants is much easier than cloning animals

• Cloned plants are immune to all diseases and pests

• Much of today's modern technology was developed in ancient times

In what decade was Dolly the cloned sheep born?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

What did the scientist prove when cloning Dolly?

• That anything could be cloned

• That adult cell carry workable versions of all genes necessary to produce an entire new organism

• You cant really clone anything, its just a lie

• You only can clone animals

What is the first cloned mammal?

• goat

• cat

• sheep

• cow

A clone can be BEST thought of as a(n)  _____ created in the lab. 

• identical twin
• GMO
• science fiction experiment

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A somatic cell contains _______________

• Half the number of chromosomes coming from one parent
• a complete set of chromosomes coming from both parents

Why might people be against cloning? 

• It's creepy
• It can cause unknown defects
• It is detrimental to genetic diversity
• All of the above

In cloning, what is the purpose of the surrogate mother? 

• Donate her DNA
• Donate her egg cell
• Incubate and carry the baby until birth
• Nothing.  She's useless.

There are now companies that will clone your pet cat for a fee.

• true

• false