cloning plants and/or animals for food products

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Cloning of plants and animals for food production

Cloning is a method of reproduction leading to the creation of a genetically identical copy of a cell or an individual . At first cloning was a noun that referred to a cell that reproduced itself faithfully . A clone produces cells that are identical and behave as the original cell Cloning plants is simple and involves grafting and planting cuttings while animal cloning which is much complex is done through nuclear transfer techniques . Many plants clone

themselves naturally to reproduce by sending a small shoot-like structure , called a runner , along the soil and it leads to growth of another plant . Cloning does not automatically lead to the original plant or animal , therefore using cloned plants or animals for food has some proved deviations

The aims of plant cell and tissue culture in agricultural and food applications are improvement of crops and increased food production (Lee 363 . Somaclonal variation generates mutations of direct use in genetically tailoring plants for food industry . Somaclones have been selected with desirable changes in fruit color and increased solids content to facilitate harvesting , distribution , and processing (Lee 360

Genetically modified organisms are living things whose genetic make up has been changed by the addition of genes from other living things . This tampering is done primarily to make plants and animals more beneficial to food production , both in terms of quality and quantity (Grosveno et al 206 . The use of cloned animals and their offspring...