Cloning Facts Infographic

Reproductive cloning and research cloning are very similar in terms of their technology up until a cloned embryo is made. But how the embryo is utilized is what determines the major difference between research and reproduction cloning. This infographic on cloning points out the different facts about cloning.

Reproductive closing is the result if the embryo which is cloned is the catalyst for pregnancy. Research cloning is the right classification if that cloned embryo is used as the source for embryonic stem cells.

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