In the New Procedures Developed to Clone a Mammalian Cell

question 25

Multiple Choice

In the new procedures developed to clone a mammalian cell, the nucleus is removed from an egg cell and the nucleus from the adult to be cloned is injected inside this cell. If we did this process with a basketball, we would permanently damage the shell. What property of the cell repairs this damage?

• A) diffusion of cell membrane proteins
• B) carrier proteins restore the membrane lipids
• C) isotonic solutions
• D) outer and inner sides of the plasma membrane have identical carbohydrate chains
• E) the fluid-mosaic nature of the membrane

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