One of the Main Obstacles to Successful Cloning of Sheep

question 47

Multiple Choice

One of the main obstacles to successful cloning of sheep apparently overcome by Wilmut et al.was:

• A) finding an adult nucleus that was likely to work.
• B) synchronizing the cell cycles of the donor cell and the egg cell.
• C) enucleating the donor cell.
• D) the ability to culture cells in the laboratory.
• E) recognizing that the nucleus from one sheep cell may contain different genetic information than the nucleus of another cell from the same animal.

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Definitions:

Alcoholic Fermentation

A biological process in which sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose are converted into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products.

Inputs

Resources or information entered into a system for processing or for generating a specific output.

Outputs

The results or products generated from a system or process.

Glycolysis

The metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose into pyruvate, producing energy in the form of ATP and NADH, occurring in the cytoplasm.