Biology PYQ 386 of 399 · Biology in Everyday Life & Applied Biology

Animal clones are created by the practice of ____.

  1. AGenetics
  2. BEcology
  3. CBiotechnology
  4. DEmbryology
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

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Correct answer: (c) Biotechnology

Explanation

Animal clones, such as Dolly the sheep (1996), are made with biotechnology: the nucleus of a body cell is put into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed (somatic cell nuclear transfer).

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