How Cloning Works
Resting State
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Graphic Overview of the Process of Nuclear Transfer Why is the resting state so important? |
The removed cells were
cultivated
, or kept alive, in a
laboratory dish
. Then the researchers reduced the nourishment they had been giving these cells. The cells went into a
resting state
, like a
coma
. This was the key step. In the resting state, the specific genetic instructions in operation in the cells were erased. Each cell contained a full set of genes, but no specific genes were turned on. In other words, they were now prepared to divide more cells that could
specialize
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