Welcome, curious learners to Cloning, a process to extract DNA from a living organism and make an exact copy of the organism you extracted the DNA from. Intriguing huh? The rest of this website will teach you more about cloning.
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HOW CLONING WORKS
The human body is made up of millions of tiny cells. Inside each cell is a nucleus, and inside each nucleus are 46 chromosomes. A chromosome is made up of a long, coiled strand of DNA, which contains each person's individual genetic code, or genes.
Genes determine the basics of who you are: your hair, eye and skin color. While you share these traits with one or both of your parents, your genes are unique. You've probably heard the saying that no two people on Earth are exactly alike. This is absolutely true.
Cloning can change that. Cloning is a process where the DNA of a particular life form is duplicated and used to create a new creature, the clone, which is exactly like the other--inside and outside. Both the original being and the clone will have the exact same hair color, eye color and skin color, not to mention identical cells and genes (at birth).
Cloning is pretty complex, but it basically involves taking a cell from a particular creature and causing that cell to multiply until a new creature is formed--a creature precisely like the initial.
Many people call cloning "playing God" and think it is too frightening and bizarre--to really do. But ever since Dolly the sheep and Tetra the monkey were cloned, the cloning of humans has become a much more forthcoming possibility. It can happen, and, scientists say, probably will happen within the next 25 to 50 years.
Here is how to clone an organism.
