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Is there a difference between a test tube baby and cloning?

April 26, 2017baby Biology cloning difference Human Test tube

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Is there a difference between a test tube baby and cloning?

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HUGE difference. ‘Test tube baby’ is just the egg and sperm mixed by a technician and monitored until fertilization, then implanted. CLONING is the genetic splicing of DNA into an egg that’s had the genetic material removed and stimulated into division as a fertilized egg would. (that is a ROUGH approximation, want more info? go to a better place than AB!) Cloning produces an exact genetic replica of the implanted DNA donor. ‘Test tube baby’ (in vitro fertilization) just makes a normal baby.