1. ATTACK OF THE CLONES? www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/2856121959/sizes/l/in/photostream A quick look at the world of cloning…

2. Meet Dolly… www.flickr.comphotosjoanne_matt127758696sizeso … she’s a sheep.

3. … She’s also a clone. A clone is an individual with exactly the same genetic makeup as another individual. Dolly was cloned using a method called “somatic cell nuclear transfer”.

5. httpwww.flickr.comphotosnzgabriel2917934202sizesl Take a cell from a donor sheep…

6. www.flickr.comphotosthe_girl56437311sizesl … and an egg from a surrogate.

7. Exchange the DNA… httpwww.flickr.comphotosynse2341095044sizeso The genetic material from the surrogate egg is removed and replaced by the material from the donor cell.

8. www.flickr.comphotoskevinmiller773233665sizeso Sparks fly! A jolt of electricity stimulates the egg into dividing, and so an embryo begins to grow.

9. www.morguefile.comarchivedisplay162980 A baby is born.

10. www.flickr.com/photos/kyz/3340435836/sizes/l/in/photostream/ The new lamb has the same genetic makeup as the sheep that the first cell was taken from.

11. Dolly’s not alone… Other animals have been cloned too. Tadpoles, mice, goats, pigs, cows and cats are among the list of animals cloned around the world. www.morguefile.comarchivedisplay149237

12. www.flickr.comphotoschokingsun3495110670sizesl So what about humans?

13. www.flickr.comphotosstarwarsblog516157060sizeso Are we really ready for this?