LIFE: THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY
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Chapter 19.1, Problem 3R
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The reprogramming of gene expression in a differentiated cell nucleus undergoing cloning.
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The process of developing an exact genetic replica (or clone) of a cell, tissue or an organism is commonly referred to as cloning. It mainly involves the reprogramming of gene expression in the nucleus of a differentiated cell so that gene acts as it does in a totipotent cell. This produces the genetically identical cells or tissues.
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