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Reproductive cloning is the asexual reproduction of an entirely new multicellular organism that is genetically identical to another. The clone is produced by transferring the genetic material from the nucleus of a diploid cell into an egg whose nucleus, and thus its genetic material, has been removed. The new organism is identical to another because it carries the DNA of only a single fertilized cell. In other words, it has just one parent. Cloning has been used for thousands of years in cultivating plants. Recently developed technologies have made the cloning of animals not just a possibility but a reality.

Recently developed cloning technologies might be applied toward achieving any of the following objectives EXCEPT which one?

Explanation

Cloning reduces variety, and so the fourth option is not an objective that cloning would seek to achieve.

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