Introduction:
My topic is based on cloning the great debate and would it have an influence on humankind. I think it will have its benefits on the advancement in biotechnology; curing diseases and improving humans with disabilities but also, on the other hand, it can affect the true purpose of the evolution of humans.
Cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. This process is done by the reproduction of cells and DNA tissue from the human embryo. There are three different types of cloning that all have an affecting on the evolution of humankind. This is shown through the imagery below whereby an extract of an organism’s gene is being isolated and for cloning to take place. Cloning a gene usually involves a smaller
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Cited from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Genetics Home Reference of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), 2017).
DNA is known as a polymer made of up of a double helix structure formed by the nitrogenous based of adenine; guanine: cytosine and thymine included with a phosphate molecule and a deoxyribose sugar to form a nucleotide. DNA is located in the cell nucleus and the mitochondria. DNA is an important factor needed during the procedure of cloning, as a gene is extracted from the DNA molecule to be cloned or modified, which will benefit in curing of diseases and disabilities. Mind Action Series. (Jen Grogan, 2011, Module 3:page 3.1.1).
A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. Genes help to make molecules called proteins. The DNA in each chromosome consists of many genes. Therefore chromosomes are of much importance with DNA. The DNA also contains large sequences that do not code for any protein and they are known of junk DNA. Cited from Genetic home reference. (U.S. National Library of Medicine,
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DNA fingerprinting is a technique that simultaneously detects lots of minisatellites in the genome to produce a pattern unique to an individual, as shown in the image below. DNA fingerprinting is also used to establish paternity, which can be important in finding the origin of the individuals through DNA and identifying the bloodlines of the DNA profile, which has occurred through evolution. Cited from GeneEd, (U.S. National Library of Medicine. Genetics, Education, Discovery). DNA profiles is very important in cloning as it will be used to identify or study an individuals private DNA sample, which can be positive in the study but negative in their privacy. (J Clin Microbiol Enger L, Joly S, Pajol C, Simonson P, Pfaller M and Soll DR,