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" To clone, or not to clone that is the question"
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Michael Nowak Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Institut für England- und Amerikastudien Ü Writing Skills Level I Frau Riemenschneider-Kemp SS 2003 Essay Nr. 2 " To clone, or not to clone that is the question" Cloning, what exactly is cloning? Cloning can not be seen as a definition of one specific scientific field. To give the reader an idea what cloning deals with I will give a short definition of the three major fields of cloning research. First there is DNA cloning or the so called recombinant DNA technology. This part of cloning deals with the multiplying of one and the same cell by extracting and recombining different chromosomal circular DNA molecules to make the cell more resistant against bacteria or other external influences. This technique is mostly used to develop food crops that grow faster and more resistant to environmental hazards than regular crops. Secondly we have reproductive cloning which is used to generate a new animal...
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