If a scientist were to clone a rat, the genetic code in the new rat produced would share what percentage of its genetic code with its parent(s)?
A) it would share 50% of its genes with its mother and 50% with its father
B) it would share 50% with its mother, but 0% with its father
C) it would share 50% with its father, but 0% with its mother
D) it would have only one "parent" and would share 100% of its genetic code with it

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To clone something means to duplicate it exactly. In the context of genetic engineering, cloning can refer to the replication of DNA segments used to produce drugs like insulin or to the exact duplication of an entire living organism. In the cloning of an animal, the new animal would be an exact duplication of a parent.

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