Cloning
What is cloning?
South African Public Understanding of Biotechnology Programme
Cloning is the creation of an exact genetic copy of a biological entity - which could be DNA, a cell or an organism.
A famous clone is Dolly the sheep, the very first cloned mammal, who was born in 1997.
Genes, plants and animals can all be cloned. The techniques behind cloning are discussed in the chapter called What is Biotechnology?.
Here, we look at what has been done with clones and why.
Download this cloning poster for your classroom: http://www.pub.ac.za/resources/docs/poster_cloning.pdf