Answer to Question #96485 in Genetics for Aaron

Question

A breeder wishes to produce more prize- winning dogs from his 2 - year - old male schnauzer. What are his options? Which method would produce the most exact copy? Also, what is the difference between artificial insemination and reproductive cloning? Does artificial insemination produce identical copies?

Answer 1

The options to produce prize winning dogs is out breeding and out crossing.In these two methods identical copies are not produced.

Artificial insemination is the process of injecting semen into females by manually.

Reproductive cloning is the process of making exact copy of donor animal by somatic nuclear transfer. The example is Dolly sheep.

Artificial insemination does not produce identical copies.