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Title: Cloning
Words: 7434
Cloning
by Rosa Beddington
Mammalian Development
Of all the terms coined by scientists which have entered popular vocabulary, 'clone'
has become one of the more emotive. Strictly speaking a clone refers to one or more
offspring derived from a single ancestor, whose genetic composition is identical to
that of the ancestor. No sex is involved in the production of clones, and since sex is
the normal means by which new genetic material is introduced during procreation,
clones have no choice but to have the same genes as their single parent. In the same
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