What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology?
- Production of bio-larvicides
- Manufacture of biodegradable plastics
- Reproductive cloning of animals
- Production of organisms free of diseases
Explanation
Option (c) is correct
- Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) is a technology used primarily for reproductive cloning. In this process, the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell is transferred into an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed. This technique can be used to create a genetically identical copy (clone) of the donor animal.
- SCNT was famously used to clone Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. Another notable example of SCNT is the cloning of a Rhesus monkey (name- ReTro) by Chinese scientists, who successfully cloned the monkey and observed it reaching adulthood
