Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced
and used in a sentence.
Definition: An exact genetic replica of a living being.
Context: Two human clones would have the same genetic structure,
but they would probably have different personalities.
Definition: The study of the development of the individual from
egg to birth or hatching.
Context: Embryologists are crucial to the development of cloning
technology.
Definition: Relating to or involving questions of right and wrong.
Context: The idea of cloning human beings raises ethical and
moral concerns.
Definition: The building blocks of DNA, which serve as transmitters
of hereditary characteristics.
Context: Genes control the transmission of hereditary traits
in living beings.
Definition: The process of altering a living being’s genes to create
a desired effect.
Context: Genetic engineering can produce a redder tomato, a
taller giraffe, or a cow that gives more milk.
Definition: The control center of a cell.
Context: The nucleus is where the cell’s genetic information
is contained.
Definition: The process of replacing the nucleus of one animal’s
cell with the nucleus of a different animal’s cell.
Context: Transgenic scientists have inserted a human nucleus
into a sheep cell.
This information was borrowed from:http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/cloneage/#voc
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