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Whole animal cloning puts a nucleus from a cell of one animal into A. the chromosome of a bacterium. B. the plasmid of a bacterium. C. an egg cell from another animal. D. a sperm cell from another animal.

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C. an egg cell fromanother animal.
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C an egg cell. This is correct because a nucleus from the desired animal contains all of the genetic material needed for an organism. The egg cell contains no genetic material(once it is removed) and serves as an empty template for the cloned animal.
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