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Cloning has been going on in the natural world for thousands of years.
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Cloning Cloning has been going on in the natural world for thousands of years. A clone is simply one living thing made from another, leading to two organisms with the same set of genes. In this sense, identical twins are clones because they have identical DNA. Sometimes, plants are self-pollinated, producing seeds and eventually more plants with the same genetic code. When earthworms are cut in half, they regenerate the missing parts of their bodies, leading to two worms with the same set of genes. Any organism that reproduces asexually produces a clone. However, the ability to intentionally create a clone in the animal kingdom by working on the cellular level is a very recent development. From sheep to monkeys, scientists have made great strides in the past few years in cloning mammals. The birth of these transgender animals provides a major stepping-stone for the cloning of humans (Rantala...
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