NEET Biology question

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There was great excitement around the world when the sheep 'Dolly' was cloned using a nucleus derived from an adult cell of its 'mother' which was then transplanted into an enucleated egg. There is also excitement when it is announced that genes causing human diseases, like muscular dystrophy, have been cloned. Which statement about these two examples of cloning is correct?

Answer: (B)

Solution

Dolly's creation involved cloning an entire nucleus (organismal/reproductive cloning), whereas cloning a disease gene involves isolating

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