Could cloning become the thing of the future? Or is it the start of a new generation? To some, cloning could give back a life, or a life of fun, happiness, and freedom. For others it could mean destruction, evil, or power. Throughout this essay you should get a better idea of cloning and the concerns about it. You will hear about the good and also the good brings the bad. Most of this information could be what is to come in the future.
             What is cloning? How did it all get started and why? Well cloning is a genetic copy or replica of a living organism. For it to get started it took more than fifty years of questioning and testing. It produces large numbers of genetically identical individuals by transplanting whole cell nuclei. To clone an animal the cells of an early multi-celled embryo are split which will form two new embryos. Like in a human the adult's embryo is split into two. To clone a vertebrate it was much harder. Testing on a frog first started it. Doing this the nucleus was removed from the egg cell of an organism. Then the nucleus from a body cell of another organism of the same specie is then placed into the enucleated egg cell. It is then nurtured by the nutrients that are still in the enucleated egg cell. Next the embryo begins to grow. Since the embryo's genes came from the body cell's nucleus it will be identical to the organism from which the body cell was obtained.
             Animal cloning has been used for many different things. It has been used in labs for testing. Using animals would not deplete any populations nor would they be taken away from their habitats destroying any food chains. Also, farmers would benefit from cloning their select animals. This would also give the consumer better meat quality and lower the price of meat. In places, which some animals were, coming extinct clones could be made to replenish the population. It could also benefit humans by having techniques used
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