Cloning - Albino Frogs

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Cloning frogs to reproduce albino and non-albino types.

Description of the cloning process using albino frogs as a case study. Commercial and moral issues relating to cloning are discussed.
From: GCSE Bitesize Revision Science 2: Biology
First Broadcast : 20 April 2002

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,14-16

Subject : Biology, Science

Topic : Life processes and living things, Life processes and living things

Keywords : Inheritance, Selective breeding, Cloning, Frogs, Amphibians

Notes : Can use to start discussion on advantages of producing cloned animals, or producing cloned humans. Are there disadvantages of both? Discuss genetic manipulation etc. Ask pupils to investigate the moral questions behind the discussion.

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