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a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

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The Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience has announced they have cloned two baby macaques, highly intelligent brown or black monkeys located across Asia, using a similar method that brought Dolly alive.
Chinese scientists announced on Wednesday that they have successfully cloned two monkeys, using techniques similar to those first used to clone Dolly the sheep in 1996.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Cloned Competent Cells in these regions, from 2012 to 2022
Researchers and animal welfare activists have been concerned that cloning, via somatic cell nuclear transfer, could cause health problems in cloned animals.
Dubai: The world's first calf from a cloned camel has been born.
Cloning researchers employ a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer--the same process famously used to create Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996.
Researchers at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh produced Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult in 1996.
CC, the first cloned cat in the U.S., turned 10 last year.
- a prohibition on cloning and on the import of cloned animals, the offspring of cloned animals, sperm, embryos and food products from clones (Parliament's position)
EURO MPs have demanded immediate safeguards against cloned meat after the European Commission said imports could continue pending more research.
Researchers say that they have cloned deceased cattle in order to reproduce meat with superior qualities.
But news that embryos of cloned cows have been imported and born on British farms is a reminder that cloning, while relatively new, could become a realistic and mainstream method of food production.
A DAIRY industry body said last night it was "confident" no milk from the offspring of cloned animals has entered the human food chain in the UK.
London, Apr 22 (ANI): A fertility doctor has claimed to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred them to four women prepared to give birth to cloned babies.