Originally Posted by WWC-Raffi

Cloning is a form of asexual reproduction which involves creating genetically identical genes/cells, plants or animals.The procedure of cloning is done by taking a gene from the animal or human and then putting that gene in another animals or human organism. Scientists found out that cloning can also make identical twins by using a method called embryo splitting. In this method you must take out the embryo from a sheep or mouse and then split it. Afterwards you must take each embryo and place it in the udder of the animal. That may seem easy, but cloning is a very complicated procedure. T.A. Brown, a scientist, states there are five basic steps to cloning:

1. A piece of DNA that contains the gene to be cloned is put into a DNA molecule called a vector to produce a recombined DNA molecule.

2. The vector transports the gene to the host cell.

3. In the host cell, the vector multiples and makes many identical copies of itself and also of the gene.

4. When the host divides, copies of the recombined DNA molecules and the gene are now said to be cloned.

5. After many cell divisions, a clone of host cells are produced. Each cell has at least one copy of the recombined DNA, and the genes are cloned.

This transfer technique, or embryo twinning, is the basis of this process and results in parent and offspring exhibiting identical gene makeup. Cloning has been done to animals and scientists say it could be done to humans.