Snuppy, a male Afghan hound, was created by transferring the nucleus from an ear cell of the male Afghan, Tai, into an enucleate
d egg from a donor. The embryo was transplanted into a surrogate mother to develop to term. Which of the following animals would be a genetic match for Snuppy if nuclear DNA were tested? A) Tai
B) the egg donor
C) the surrogate
D) both Tai and the egg donor
E) both Tai and the surrogate
According to the given information, nucleus from the ear cells of the male "Tai" was inserted into the egg cell from a donor. The nucleus of the egg cell was removed before transferring the nucleus from Tai. Therefore, the egg cell contained the nucleus of the ear cell from "Tai". The embryo developed from this egg would have the nuclear DNA from Tai as the nuclear DNA from the egg donor was removed during enucleation. The embryo would be genetically similar to the male Afghan "Tai" who served as a donor of the nuclear DNA.
Charles Darwin took a boat to the Galapagos Island(s) to study plants and animals that proved to show some similarity between each other, such as two finches, which is actually one of his most popular discoveries.
Fragmentation is the breaking of the body into parts and then the organism develops all the parts of the body. The fragmentation is the type of reproduction in lower organisms. The fragments which are produced can develop into new organisms.
