8. What is cloning?

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Cloning is the making an organism
genetically identical another by
means of engineering.

The basis of is the nucleus
transplantation . A nucleus
from a is extracted, generally from
embryonic (not differentiated) cell
this nucleus is inserted a
previously enucleated reproductive
(in general an egg ); the egg isthen
implanted the organ where the
development will take place.
embryonic development occurs the
organism will have identical
patrimony to the organism of the
cell whose was used in the
.