What is a clone? In what way is the cloning technique useful in the field of veterinary science?

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Cloning is the method of using genetic information from one organism and producing identical copies of it. The exact copy of an individual is called a clone. In biotechnology, biotech engineers blend desirable characters of the various organisms by DNA replication and create a new individual. By cloning technique, the first animal clone was "Dolly Sheep".

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