plant cloning

• What is one benefit of plant cloning?

  It is cheap.
• How does plant cloning help in conservation?

  It helps save rare species from extinction.
• What is a benefit of producing disease-resistant plants through cloning?

  It allows for the production of large numbers of plants.
• What is therapeutic cloning?

  • Embryo produced with the same genes as the patient
  • Stem cells are not rejected by the patient's body
• Why are stem cells from a cloned embryo not rejected by the patient's body?

  Because they have the same genes as the patient.
• What is the process of creating an embryo from an adult cell?

  The nucleus is removed from an unfertilized egg cell.
• What stimulates the egg cell to divide into an embryo?

  An electric shock.
• What are the risks associated with plant cloning and therapeutic cloning?

  • Transferring viral infection
  • Ethical or religious objections
• What is a potential risk of transferring viral infection in cloning?

  It can lead to the spread of diseases.
• What are some ethical or religious objections to cloning?

  Concerns about the morality of creating life.