Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet)

Why You Can't Build A Clone Army... (Yet)

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Geography, Science, Biology

11th Grade - University

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The video explores the challenges of creating a clone army due to DNA complexities. It explains the cloning process, highlighting the difficulties posed by DNA specialization and enzyme limitations. While cloning a single organism is hard, cloning a clone is even more challenging due to accumulated DNA tags and tangles. Recent discoveries of a super enzyme offer hope, but currently, this technique is limited to certain rodents. The video concludes with a look at the potential future of cloning technology.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary scientific challenge in creating a clone army?

Creating a new type of DNA

Replacing DNA in an egg cell with a full set from another cell

Using half sets of DNA from two cells

Mixing DNA from two different species

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are clone zygotes often unreliable?

They are too small to divide

They lack a full set of DNA

They have optimized DNA for specific cell functions

They are made from egg cells only

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role do enzymes play in the cloning process?

They create new DNA sequences

They destroy unnecessary DNA

They combine DNA from different species

They detag and detangle DNA for cell division

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the DNA of a clone as its cells specialize?

It becomes identical to the original DNA

It loses its ability to divide

It gains more tags and tangles

It becomes less tangled

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a significant limitation of the new super enzyme discovered by scientists?

It requires a specific temperature to function

It is effective only in certain rodents

It can only handle one generation of DNA

It only works on human DNA