HSC Together Year 12 Biology: Cloning

Cloning

Cloning is a type of reproductive technology that takes genetic information from one living thing and creates identical copies of it. Whole organism cloning uses nuclear transfer technology to produce whole genetically identical organsims. The total genetic makeup is identical to the original organism.

 

Dolly the Sheep

The video below introduces Dolly the Sheep

 

Recombinant DNA Technology and Cloning

Gene cloning is the process of making multiple copies of a single gene. It uses the recombinant DNA technique to transfer genes from one organism to another.

 

Here is an example of how Recombinant DNA Technology can be used to make transgenic organisms.

 

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