Oocyte nuclear transfer can be used to
A)allow women with mitochondrial diseases to have normal offspring.
B)allow women with any genetic disease to have normal offspring.
C)allow parents to control all of the phenotypic characteristics of their children.
D)create embryos for stem cell therapy.

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Oocyte nuclear transfer is a technique primarily aimed at preventing the transmission of mitochondrial diseases from mother to child by replacing the mitochondria in an egg or embryo. This allows women with mitochondrial diseases to have offspring without these conditions, but it does not apply to all genetic diseases or allow control over all phenotypic characteristics.

Oocyte Nuclear Transfer Can Be Used to