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cloning: see clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation , all members of a clone are genetically ..... Click the link for more information. . cloningTo make a product that functions like another. See clone. See also cloning software. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Once cloning for research purposes is accepted, preventing reproductive cloning will be nearly impossible. Therapeutic cloning, which yields stem cells that can be used to treat patients, differs from reproductive cloning, which creates a new organism. In a major new action, the Sixth Committee (Legal) broke a three-year impasse by reaching agreement on the direction to be taken in elaborating an international instrument against reproductive cloning of human beings. |
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