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Genetic Cloning
Cloning is the process of making genetic copy of an organism. It has mixed reviews as some people believe it violates human rights issues.
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Is a cloning vector a plasmid?
plasmid is the type of the cloning vector.
other cloning vectors includes cosmids, bacteriophage, phagemids, artifiical chromosomes.
clonong vectors are the carriers of certain traits to be inserted in non coding regions of the DNA.
"Vector" is an agent that can carry a DNA fragment into a host cell. If it is used for reproducing the DNA fragment, it is called a "cloning vector". If it is used for expressing certain gene in the DNA fragment, it is called an "expression vector".
Commonly used vectors include plasmid, Lambda phage, cosmid and yeast artificial chromosome (YAC).
Is reproductive cloning expensive?
The only time anything was ever cloned was when a sheep named Dolly was cloned. They took two sheep that looked similar and breed them. Then they took DNA from the female and put it in the embryo. Therefore cloning isn't expensive because it's only been done once.
ACTUALLY, cloning has been done around 25 to 35 times and yes it is expensive, which is why humans didn't go crazy with making more clones and have only been done around 25 times when it has been discovered over 20 years ago. Also there's a very low chance of survival rate for the clone.
There are ethical concerns with cloning, such as the issue of identity for the clone and implications for individuality. Additionally, there are risks of abnormalities and health issues in cloned organisms. Cloning can also raise questions about the rights and treatment of clones.
How does the process of reproductive cloning begin?
The process of reproductive cloning begins by
A. genetically modifying an embryo.
B. genetically modifying a stem cell.
C. placing an adult nucleus in a cell without a nucleus.
D. isolating cells to learn more about how they specialize.
Cloning is good, because a person with organ disease may not find the perfect organ donor match but if you clone them use the clones organs.
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Why is cloning good?
Debate Profession: Sam and Kassidy
Reason 1: They allow us to clone body parts for those who need it. They allow them to let those people who are supposed to die, live. For instance, let's say all of the sudden Korbyn's heart fails. And all the doctors and nurses search and search for the right kind of heart, but they can't find the right type. And they say the only way that Korbyn can live is to clone her. If Korbyn says no, she dies. If she says yes, she lives. Cloning saves lives.
Reason 2: One of the benefits of cloning isreproducing animals. For instance, what about the tiger and giant panda? They're endangered. What if comes to when only one tiger and giant panda are left on Earth, and the only way to keep them alive is to clone them. So you decide to save the panda and kill the tiger. You might wonder why it would matter, but animals have feelings too. We don't want to die, but neither does the animals. Another reason for reproducing animals is for food. You could clone pigs, cows, and chickens, and end up with more bacon, sausage, hamburgers, and barbeque chicken.
Cloning is bad:)
Who coined the term 'animal cloning'?
In 1963, the British biologist J.B.S. Haldane is credited to have coined the term "clone" in a speech entitled "Biological Possibilities for the Human Species of the Next Ten-Thousand Years." Even though many scientists had described, and even completed the cloning process by this time, the term "cloning" had never been used to describe such experiments.
Cloning has the potential to create genetically identical cells or tissues for medical treatments, such as organ transplants. However, there are ethical concerns and technical challenges associated with cloning that need to be carefully considered before it can be widely used to save lives.
Who are stakeholders of animal cloning?
(This is a list of a few I could think of)
Stakeholders who (most likely) Oppose: -Animal rights activists
-Certain religious groups
Stakeholders who (most likely) Support:
-Wait-listed patients who need organs
- Doctors who would rather not have to work with human to human transplants
Artificial cloning is the process of creating genetically identical copies of an organism by replicating its DNA through various techniques such as somatic cell nuclear transfer or embryo splitting. This can be used in various applications such as research, agriculture, and medicine.
List advantages and disadvantages of cloning?
Advantage In 2008, Professor Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology stated, "Originally, we all had brown eyes but a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a 'switch,' which literally 'turned off' the ability to produce brown eyes." He explains that things like "hair color, baldness, freckles, and beauty spots" are all brought about by mutations.
Disadvantage As much as mutations have helped humans, mutations are also the cause of certain diseases. For instance, E! Science News 2008 explains how a particular mutation relatively common on the Indian subcontinent predisposes people to heart disease. Many other diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and asthma, are linked to genetic mutations.
What are the main advantages and disadvantages of CLONING animals?
Advantages of animal cloning include the ability to produce genetically superior animals for breeding purposes, preservation of endangered species, and advancement of medical research. Disadvantages include high costs, low success rates, ethical concerns regarding animal welfare, and limited genetic diversity leading to potential vulnerability to diseases.
What is the difference between therapeutic and reproductive cloning?
Therapeutic cloning involves creating cloned embryos for the purpose of harvesting stem cells to treat diseases or injuries. Reproductive cloning, on the other hand, aims to create a new organism that is genetically identical to the donor organism.
The host organism into which a cloning vector is placed is called?
The host organism into which a cloning vector is placed is called a "host cell." This host cell provides the necessary cellular machinery for replicating the cloning vector and expressing the inserted DNA.
Why are people against cloning?
Some people are worried that cloning technology might eventually be used for immoral purposes. People might, in theory, be mass-produced as slaves or soldiers. People could be cloned as a source of spare organs for the wealthy.
How does an electrochemical cell produce an electric current?
The energy released through the chemical reaction within the cell results in a difference in potential appearing across the cell's terminals. This potential difference drives the free electrons already within an external conductor to move along the length of that conductor.
What 10 reasons why cloning is bad?
Cloning was still at an early stage, when Dolly the sheep was clones it suffered from cancer and other sickness which will also happen to humans when cloned. Also remember the clone might try to take over YOU and YOUR LIFE!
What do you hope adult cell cloning could be used for?
Adult cell cloning is the process in which the nucleus of an adult cell of one animal is fused with an empty egg from another animal. The embryo which results is placed inside the uterus of a third animal to develop. Hope that helps! :)
Because If the concept of cloning is drawn out to the extreme it is conceivable that particular types of humans can be deliberately created then cloned to make for instance the perfect soldier, factory labourer, mathematician etc, etc. Money hungry companies and power hungry politicians have in the past shown that they are capable of nearly any access so there are those that are worried about the implications of even possessing the knowledge to do it.
Cloning is on the fence with food. Some people want cloned animals in the food supply, some don't.
- The pro's of cloning is you get another person to keep you company like a person that may of died recently. The cons are it could go wrong and you could end up with a deformed person which would be even worse than loosing the relative in the first place. Need anymore advice just leave another question.
- Cloning pros are cloning new hearts, kidneys, etc. so people that need organs don't have to be put on a long waiting list and possibly die while waiting. The downside is, that in past history most great things discovered are used in an under-handed and ugly fashion and not for the good. They could use cloning to make vast armies, so that means a fight for the total power of cloning. Cloning can keep feared and dangerous leaders alive and well (think about Hitler, Hussein.) But that might not happen because the clone would be born as a baby, and might grow up to have different goals. Sometimes it's not nice to fool mother nature! If we could be sure cloning would help those that have heart, liver, kidney disease or other diseases then that's a wonderful thing, but us humans know better. Cloning will be like everything else that should be used in a good and controlled way ... money and power. People will want to start cloning their children, each other, their parents, pets, and it goes on down the list. Playing God only backfires in one's face.
- Pros are the organs and tissues that can be cloned. Also, people who can't reproduce naturally will have another option besides in vitro in order to have kids. Cons. Cloning should not be used to keep good or bad people alive forever, since clones just have the same DNA as their parent, they are not the same person and will most likely develop a different personality. There is also no reason why clones would be more controllable than non clones, so raising a clone army would be about as useful as just passing a mandatory reproduction law and conscripting all the children as adults. Maybe He wants us to use our gift of intelligence to come up with this new technology and use it? Otherwise why would he have put it into our nature to have the ability to think of these things?
- Pros of cloning all depend on the person, for or against. For me the pros would be that great people could be cloned to live out their legacy, or to create armies of cloned super babies cons are that more people are against cloning than for it. And cloning is expensive, to retrieve the desired DNA and to reproduce and maintain homeostasis within the specimen. Cloning for now is unneeded due to our overpopulation and lack of food in other countries. Which will start the need for cloning plants and animals, but that's a totally different story. For those who think that its like playing God the hydra is an animal that asexually reproduces and that means it clones itself by breaking body parts off and having them grow.
- Pros: People who need an organ could have one without having to take anti rejection drugs or having to have a family member donate something. As well, there really is no worry about clone armies unless someone figures out how to clone people without their own minds and opinions. Cons: There are millions of ethical reasons not to clone humans because clones are humans, they have brains and personalities. Also, there is overpopulation on earth as well as food shortage.
- Pros: Pros are based off of opinions really, the person would be genetically identical, but, personality would be different, everything that doesn't involve your DNA is probably gonna be different. Cons: Cloning, Usually is very inefficient.
Plain and simple, and most of the "clones" either die before birth, or during early stages of live. If not that, they have Birth Defects. Plus, the more efficient way of cloning, which is somewhere around Taking already mature, immunoglobulin genes in B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes cells, in other words, defend and attack cells, in order, And, it only keeps the one cell, either b or t, as in all the White Blood cells(B and T) will either be B or T. So you'll only be able to produce antigens(b) or Defend yourself from Diseases (t).
How can you know donored-vector is cloning vector or expression vector?
To determine if a plasmid is a donor vector or an expression vector, you typically look at the features present in the plasmid. Donor vectors are usually used for cloning purposes and contain features like antibiotic resistance genes and cloning sites. Expression vectors, on the other hand, typically have additional elements like promoters, selection markers, and tags for protein expression. Analyzing the sequence and reading the vector map can also provide insight into its intended use.
What category of cloning does artificial embryo twinning fit?
Artificial embryo twinning is where an early embryo which has been produced through IVF is divided into several individual cells. This is at the stage where the embryo cells are not specialized yet. Each cell grows into an identical embryo in the lab. These embryos are then transferred into a host mother and identical cloned animals are born.
So it uses normal sexual reproduction and essentially produces identical twins/triplets quadruplets but this is done in the lab instead of nature producing an identical twin.
It is in no way similar to fusion cell cloning as used for Dolly the sheep.
It falls in the category of embryo cloning.
No, a process cannot be inherently bad. Only what is done with that process can define it as good or bad in that context.<<<<< THIS ANSWER IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!
CLONING IS BAD WE LOSE OUR SOULS AND WILL SUFFER A LONG AND PAINFUL EXISTANCE IN HELL!!!
A cloning vector is a DNA molecule used to transfer foreign genetic material into a host organism during gene cloning. It typically contains features such as selectable markers and multiple cloning sites to facilitate the insertion of DNA fragments. Common cloning vectors include plasmids, bacteriophages, and artificial chromosomes.
