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Is Cloning Useful To Mankind? The term 'cloning' have entered popular vocabulary of many people. The issues on cloning are getting controversial and growing more complicated the word "clone" comes from the Greek "klwn" which means similar. Strictly speaking, a clone refers to one or more offspring derived from a single ancestor, whose genetic composition is identical to that of the parent No sex is involved in the production of clones and cloning is sometimes called asexual reproduction. Such a feat can be achieved by substituting the nucleus, which contains the genes from one the cells making up that individuals body, for the nucleus of the fertilized egg. Generally, the aim of cloning is to produce an organism exactly the replica of that of the parent cell which the cell is taken. The question of the day is has cloning any use to mankind? In truth there are...

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