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What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology

2017

“Genetics,Biotechnology”, Science and Technology

What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology?

(a)

Production of biolarvicides

(b)

Manufacture of biodegradable plastics

(c)

Reproductive cloning of animals

(d)

Production of organisms free of diseases

Answer:

(c)

Explanation

Somatic cell cloning is a technique in which thenucleus (DNA) of a somatic cell is transferred into an enucleated metaphase-II oocyte for the generation of a new individual, genetically identical to the somatic celldonor