Edexcel Biology IGCSE

5.d - Cloning
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Describe the process of tissue culture
(Higher)

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Describe the process of tissue culture (Higher)

- Small cuttings (explants) are taken from the plant that

you wish to clone
- The cuttings are placed in an agar dish containing
growth hormones
- Once the new plants have grown enough, they are
transferred to soil
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State 2 benefits of tissue culture
(micropropagation)
(Higher)

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State 2 benefits of tissue culture (micropropagation)
(Higher)

- Can produce many plants quickly

- Can produce lots of plants with desirable
traits

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Describe how animal cell cloning can be
carried out
(Higher)

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Describe how animal cell cloning can be carried out
(Higher)
- The nucleus is removed from an unfertilised egg cell to create an
enucleated cell
- The nucleus is removed from a cell from the animal you wish to clone
- The nucleus is placed in the enucleated cell and cell division is
triggered by an electric shock
- Once the embryo gets big enough, it is placed in a surrogate mother

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Give one example of a human protein
made by a transgenic organism
(Higher)

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Give one example of a human protein made by a
transgenic organism (Higher)

Insulin (made by modified E. coli)

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