Cloning

Cloning

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Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Aug 2026

Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, by either natural or artificial means. In nature, many organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis. In biotechnology, cloning refers to the processes used to create copies of DNA fragments, cells, or entire organisms.

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  1. Cloning from somatic cells allows researchers to know the resulting animal’s sex.

    “you can use cloning like we are at Colossal, and like we're thinking about in synthetic biology, where you actually know the sex because you're starting with an actual somatic cell”

    Listen at 47:27

    Open the episode · Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life | Dr. Beth Shapiro

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