CLONING ESSAY Clones are a group of genetically identical organisms. Explain THREE advantages and THREE disadvantages with reasons of cloning Content: (12) Synthesis: (3) ADVANTAGES OF CLONING Producing individuals with desired traits eliminate unwanted characteristics Better yield to increase the amount of food or a large population Resistant to diseasesto save on the use of pesticides and herbicides Organisms produced in a shorter timeto increase yield Saving endangered speciesno need for mating partners/looking for partners Producing body partsreducing rejection of transplanted parts Produce offspring for organisms that are infertile and cannot have their own offspring Reproduction is not seasonally dependent (3 x 2) (6) (Mark FIRST THREE only) DISADVANTAGES OF CLONING Reducing the gene pool by reducing variation/reduces genetic diversity Cloned organisms may have developmental/morphological problems and not survive long Costly process not all farmers/people/governments can afford it May generate more experimental wastecausing ethical issues around disposal of waste May lead to killing of clones to obtain spare body parts Objection/religious beliefs to interfering with Gods/Supreme Beings creation/nature (3 x 2) (6) (Mark THREE only) LIFE SCIENCE ACADEMICS – 2014
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