Question

What is meant by 'cloning'? State whether gametes are involved in cloning or not. Name two animals which have been produced by cloning.

Answer 1

Cloning is the process of producing genetically identical individuals of an organism either naturally or artificially. Cloning in biotechnology refers to the process of creating clones of organisms or copies of cells or DNA fragments (molecular cloning).


A Gamete is a reproductive cell containing a set of male or female chromosomes, and these gametes are involved in cloning method for the reproduction phenomena.

The two animals produced by cloning are Noah the Gaur and Rabbit which are cloned to form a new living organism in its own gene.