Do clones ever occur naturally?

Do clones ever occur naturally? Yes. In nature, some plants and single-celled organisms, such as bacteria, produce genetically identical offspring through a process called asexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction, a new individual is generated from a copy of a single cell from the parent organism.
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When was the first human clone?

Many nations outlawed it, while a few scientists promised to make a clone within the next few years. The first hybrid human clone was created in November 1998, by Advanced Cell Technology.
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Will cloning ever be possible?

The news that researchers have used cloning to make human embryos for the purpose of producing stem cells may have some people wondering if it would ever be possible to clone a person. Although it would be unethical, experts say it is likely biologically possible to clone a human being.
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Which organisms can naturally create clones of themselves?

Unicellular organisms, such as bacteria and yeast, naturally produce clones of themselves when they replicate asexually by binary fission; this is known as cellular cloning. The nuclear DNA duplicates by the process of mitosis, which creates an exact replica of the genetic material.
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What is an example of natural clones?

Examples of cloning that occur naturally are as follows: vegetative reproduction in plants, e.g. water hyacinth producing multiple copies of genetically identical plants through apomixis. binary fission in bacteria. parthenogenesis in certain animals.
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Has any human been cloned?

Have humans been cloned? Despite several highly publicized claims, human cloning still appears to be fiction. There currently is no solid scientific evidence that anyone has cloned human embryos.
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How long do human clones live?

If the average life expectancy of humans in the galaxy far, far away is similar to our own, it's about 70 years for men, meaning that clone life expectancy can be halved to just 35 years.
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Should humans be cloned?

Human beings should not be cloned for several reasons that are going to be further discussed in this op-ed: cloning is a risky, imperfect procedure, it does not create an exact copy of an individual, and it poses ethical concerns by using human beings as a means to an end, opening up possibilities for abuse and ...
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Can you clone a female from a male?

"Use of the tail cells indicates that it is possible to clone either sex, and probably from almost any kind of somatic cell, as long as one figures out a way to cause the cell to regress to a primitive state and capitulate gene effects," said Robert Foote, professor of animal physiology at Cornell University.
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Why is human cloning unethical?

Because the risks associated with reproductive cloning in humans introduce a very high likelihood of loss of life, the process is considered unethical. There are other philosophical issues that also have been raised concerning the nature of reproduction and human identity that reproductive cloning might violate.
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Is Baby Eve real?

On Dec. 27, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier held a press conference in Florida, announcing the birth of the first human clone, called Eve. A year later, Boisselier, who directs a company set up by the Raelian religious sect, has offered no proof that the baby Eve exists, let alone that she is a clone.
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What would happen if I cloned myself?

Many cloned animals had their cells age much faster than normal. Your clone's body would probably get old and deteriorate much sooner than you. Unfortunately, your clone would be very sick and die early. And they might not even look like you, not to mention a totally different personality.
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Is human cloning legal in the US?

There is no federal law prohibiting human cloning; as of today, federal laws and regulations only address funding and other issues indirectly connected to cloning. At the state level, however, there are laws directly prohibiting or explicitly permitting different forms of cloning.
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Can a clone have a baby?

Myth: Offspring of clones are clones, and each generation gets weaker and weaker and has more and more problems. No, not at all. A clone produces offspring by sexual reproduction just like any other animal.
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How much will it cost to clone a human?

Some scientists believe clones would face health problems ranging from subtle but potentially lethal flaws to outright deformity. But let's ignore all that--for the moment--and cut to the bottom line: How much would it cost to clone a person? According to our estimates: about $1.7 million.
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Would a clone have a soul?

3. It has been said that a cloned human being wouldn't have a soul, wouldn't be a unique individual; but clones would not be any less full human beings than the originals. If we have souls, then so would they. They would be no less their own persons than identical twins are.
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Can you take a clone from a clone?

Cannabis clones are cuttings taken from a healthy female—called a mother plant—that has been grown from seed or is itself a clone. So cuttings can be taken from clones, or clones of clones, ad infinitum. After a cutting of a growing branch is taken, it's ideally dipped in a hormone medium and then roots out.
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Is a clone the same as a twin?

Identical twins have the same DNA as each other, but different from their parents. A clone, however, only has one parent and has exactly the same DNA as that parent. But even so, a clone isn't a perfect copy.
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Can a clone become male plant?

The sex of a plant is determined by its genetics before germination even begins. With the sex genetically encoded, there is no way to make a male plant female, or a female plant male.
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How would you feel if scientists were cloned?

Answer: If a scientist has cloned with out my consent or permission. I will feel offended and may sue him for this. But if I have given consent to him for making a clone I will feel very excited and anxious to see how it has has turned out to be.
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Is Dolly the sheep still alive?

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, died on 14 February. Her caretakers at the Roslin Institute in Scotland euthanized the 6-year-old sheep after diagnosing an incurable lung tumor.
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Has anything been cloned?

Researchers at Texas A&M also cloned a white-tailed deer, nicknamed Dewey, in 2003. Dewey was born to a surrogate mother named Sweet Pea on May 23, 2003, and was cloned from skin cells taken from a deceased white-tailed buck, according to a statementat the time from Texas A&M University. Dewey is still alive today.
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In which countries is human cloning legal?

Belgium, Sweden and Spain allow therapeutic cloning and human embryonic stem cell use in similar frameworks to the UK, and there is now public pressure in Germany and Italy to revisit their legislation, while Ireland is already doing so.
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What is the longest a clone has lived?

That would be Kix. Due to his being frozen in stasis by the Separatists, he survived for 50 years after the end of the Clone Wars before being awakened by a pirate gang several years before the events of the sequel trilogy.
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Do clones have the same memories?

One reason they don't have exactly the same personality is because cloning isn't like you see in the movies -- a clone is not the same age as the original. It doesn't have the same memories or experiences. It only shares the same DNA.
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