Natural cloning, animals

Cards (2)

  • Invertebrates
    • Starfish can regenerate entire animals from fragments of the original if damaged.
    • Flatworms and sponges fragments and form new identical animals, all clones of the original
    • Hydra produce small buds on the side of their body which develop into genetically identical clones.
  • Vertebrates
    • Formation of monozygotic twins= early embryo splits to form two separate embryos.
    • They are genetically identical.