CLONING

* making a duplicate of an organism or one or more of its cells by artificial means
* Dolly the sheep was cloned using nuclear transfer methods (see picture)


COMING SOON...CLONING HUMANS?
MORAL IMPLICATIONS? IS THIS RIGHT?


DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLANT AND ANIMAL CELL DIVISION

1) in animal cells, centrioles help form the spindle; centrioles are not found in plant cells

2a) in animal cells, cytoplasmic division occurs by the cell pinching in...

2b) in plant cells, a CELL PLATE forms between each new cell, like a cell wall


Mitosis and Asexual Reproduction

cloning, accurately described in this NOVA clip
outstanding reference to what cloning really is; contains a few great click-and-play animations
clone MIMI THE MOUSE!; shown in school, this is a must see for students and parents to show how nuclear transfer (cloning) is carried out
Tim and Moby discuss cloning.