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Originally Posted by James Casbolt
I'm not really sure what a 'zygote' is?
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A zygote is a combination of sperm and egg after ovum (egg) wall impact. It can also be done petri dish style {ha} Then it carries on growing - all by itself - womb conditions affect its health - as does the original material from mother and father - for humans 23 chromosomes each.
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Cloning is a different process. The DNA (chromosome material) is from the donor tissue only. The offspring has one parent, insofar as one disregards environmental factors in its incubation. A strictly genetic view -
Did you know ferrets are the most recent animals to be cloned? The researchers say that the domestic ferret is an ideal animal model to study human diseases such as influenza and cystic fibrosis. The ferrets were cloned in 2006.
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.a...oneanimal.html
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