The term ‘clone’ was first used by J.B.S Haldane, a British biologist, in 1963. A ‘clone’ is a genetic copy of an organism, and ‘cloning’ involves the various processes used to create clones. Cloning is actually a very common process of reproduction for micro-organisms and plants. Reproduction isn’t truly cloning when it comes to multicellular organisms like animals and humans – primarily because of the variations involved in cellular copying. But when humans begin to indulge in it artificially – it comes with a lot of issues, both scientific and ethical. Human cloning is looked at with contempt and anger, almost…
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