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1. What is sexual reproduction?<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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Where two parents are involved, mixture of genes is created.<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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1. What is asexual reproduction?<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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It involves only one parent. So there is no genetic variety (CLONES).<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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1. Describe the following cloning techniques:<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
Tissue culture: Tissue sample scrapped from the parent plant, grown in nutrient agar and treated with auxins then developed into tiny plants. Embryo Transplant: |
A developing embryo is removed from an animal and the cells split apart. The cells are grown for a while before being implanted into separate host mothers<?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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Adult Cell Cloning: |
A nucleus is removed from an egg cell and replaced with a nucleus from another animal’s body cell. Then the egg cell is placed in another female to develop. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />
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