reproductive cloning

Cultural  

1. The cloning of organisms with the goal of planting the blastula produced by the technique into the uterus of an adult female and thus creating a new organism. (Compare therapeutic cloning; see Dolly.)

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Example Sentences

Dolly’s creation triggered fears of human reproductive cloning, or producing genetic copies of living or dead people, but mainstream scientists have ruled this out as far too dangerous.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

In this case, the FDA filled the void by prohibiting human reproductive cloning without getting specialized permission from the agency first, under its authority to regulate clinical testing.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2022

Although the UK allows the use of cloned human embryos for therapeutic purposes, it has banned reproductive cloning which would aim to create a new-born baby that is genetically identical to another human being.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022

There is no intent to do reproductive cloning.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2013

In reproductive cloning, a donor nucleus is put into an enucleated egg cell, which is then stimulated to divide and develop into an organism.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013