Abstract
The cloning of plants and animals are genetic engineering which have revolutionized medicine and agriculture. A lot of medical feats ranging from diabetes, cystic fibrosis, herpes, hepatitis to bone marrow and blood related ailments have been accomplished; as well as those in agriculture like crops modified for single, or multiple traits including lifelong tomatoes, viral resistance rice, cassava, papaya, sweet potatoes, pepper; nematode resistance in cereals; Vitamin A rice; drought or salt tolerance; nitrogen fixation; increase efficiency of use of nutrients, water, light, pharming (crops and animals for pharmaceuticals). Similarly is the cloning of animal, especially “the Dolly” and possible humans which have been very controversial. These controversies have informed the nuts in our heads in this review of cloning of plants and animals.
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