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Definition - An exact genetic replica of a living being.
Context - Two human clones would have the same genetic structure, but they would probably have different personalities.
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Definition - The study of the development of the individual from egg to birth or hatching.
Context - Embryologists are crucial to the development of cloning technology.
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Definition - Relating to or involving questions of right and wrong.
Context - The idea of cloning human beings raises ethical and moral concerns.
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Definition - The building blocks of DNA, which serve as transmitters of hereditary characteristics.
Context - Genes control the transmission of hereditary traits in living beings.
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Definition - The process of altering a living being’s genes to create a desired effect.
Context - Genetic engineering can produce a redder tomato, a taller giraffe, or a cow that gives more milk.
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Definition - The control center of a cell.
Context - The nucleus is where the cell’s genetic information is contained.
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Definition - The process of replacing the nucleus of one animal’s cell with the nucleus of a different animal’s cell.
Context - Transgenic scientists have inserted a human nucleus into a sheep cell.
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