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Question 17

The cloning of champion horses has become of key interest to breeders.

a.

Describe the stages involved in the production of a cloned mammal, such as a horse, using adult cell cloning.

[5]
b.

Breeders usually collect and freeze skin tissue samples from a champion horse while it is still alive rather than after it has died.

Suggest why using tissue samples from a dead horse is less likely to be successful for cloning than using samples from a living horse.

[1]
c.

Suggest why a cloned horse may not perform or behave in the exact same manner as the original champion horse.

[1]
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Cloning Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /Cloning

39 exam-style questions on Edexcel IGCSE Biology Cloning. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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