Cloning

What is it?

The basic simplified technique for cloning involves removing the nucleus from an egg and replacing it with another nucleus taken from the donor cell. See the figure below for more (taken from Gilbert, Scott. Development 6^th Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc: 2000).

These cloned cells will then develop into a exact replica of the original donor.

Sites to learn more:

About.com – Find out about cloning technology and techniques, the history of cloning, and about the ethical issues related to cloning and cloning technology.

MSNBC – gives all of the recent news headlines in the field plus links to articles and interactives.

Penn Cloning Site – a site made by Pennsylvania University which discusses the recent debate in congress about Cloning

PhRMA Genomics – site has links to articles with general information about the topic as well as explorations into the different viewpoints.

This site is funded by the National Science Foundation .