Animal Cloning: The Science of Nuclear Transfer

by Joseph Panno

Provides an overview of cloning, covering its history from the first thoughts about cloning a mammal in 1898, how it works, its uses, and its ethics.

Genres: Science

164 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Evan Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best science book I read so far.

[Tom Menke · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting reading

[Ethan Roldan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Animal Cloning, written by Joseph Panno, is a biology book focused on explaining the intricacies of animal cloning. The book is written so that a wide range of readers can comprehend it, while still offering new information to those who are already familiar with the subject. The book details both old and new experiments, explaining why some worked and some didn’t. Animal Cloning also goes in depth on how scientists try to create cloned animals. This, of course, can still be understood by mostly everyone who reads the text.
Near the beginning of the text, the author includes an example of a cloned animal, Dolly the sheep. Dolly was the first mammal cloned through the process of nuclear transfer. Named after Dolly Parton, the sheep was born on July 5th, 1996, and spread headlines across the world. The experiments carried out by The Roslin Institute led to the creation of the first healthy, fully functioning warm-blooded animal. This led to a great deal of commotion between scientists, sparking new interest in the subject again. This brings up the question; what else can we clone? The book answers just that, and includes information on how test results have become more replicable.
Overall, this book is a good read. It includes a plethora of examples, details, and more that would otherwise be hard to find without thorough research. This gives the opportunity to learn about the subject to people who are new to the subject, as well as providing new information to people with previous knowledge on cloning. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in science and biology. Even me, a person who knows a good bit about the subject, learned a few things. I was pleasantly surprised on what this book had to offer, and I don’t regret picking it up.