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CLONING Alicia Seitz Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. This means that every single bit of DNA is the same. This has been done naturally in nature with identical twins and it has been done artificially since around the 1950s though it has improved over time to the stage where scientists can even clone mammals. The purpose of cloning in scientific exploration and cloning may one day be able to help people needing new organs. Cloning is done in a couple of different ways. Artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Artificial embryo twinning is done by mimicking the natural process of creating identical twins. In nature twins occur after fertilization when the zygote tries to divide into a two celled embryo and the two cells separate; each developing on their own person inside the womb. Though this is rare it does happen...

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