The technique of producing a genetically identical copy of an organism by replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized ovum with the nucleus of a body cell from the organism is:
Correct answer: B. Cloning
- A. Budding
- B. Cloning
- C. Parthenocarpy
- D. Fission
Explanation
Organisms produced from a single cell by subculturing (cloning) are called clones. In animals and especially among vertebrates, a nucleus from the somatic cell is removed and introduced into an egg cell, whose own nucleus has been destroyed by ultraviolet radiation. The egg with a transplanted diploid somatic cell nucleus develops into an organism, genetically identical to the parent who has contributed the nucleus.
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