Because of the fission process that consumes the fuels, the old fuel rods must be changed periodically to fresh ones (this period is called a cycle). However, only a part of the assemblies (typically one-third) are removed since the fuel depletion is not spatially uniform.
In fertilization, the sperm and egg both contain one set of chromosomes. the father (sperm) and one from the mother (egg). In SCNT, the egg cell's single set of chromosomes is removed. chromosomes. come from the somatic cell.
Stem cellsâ value to researchers is that they can be induced into becoming specific tissue or organ cells. The cloning procedure works by combining a patient's body cell with an unfertilized egg cell from a donor. The patient's skin cell is inserted into the outer membrane of the egg cell and chemically induced to begin developing into a blastocyst. In the blastocyst, embryonic cells divide, producing a mass of stem cells. The stem cells can be induced to differentiate into different types of cells as needed (heart, nerve, muscle, etc.). These cells are genetically identical to the patient's own cells (that is, they are cloned).