One Current Goal of Cloning is to ____

Question

One current goal of cloning is to ____.  
A) duplicate certain humans
B) create new species
C) promote evolution
D) experiment with alien DNA
E) retain an animal's desirable characteristics

Accepted Answer

One current goal of cloning is to retain an animal's desirable characteristics and produce identical copies of it. This can be useful in agriculture and other industries where specific traits are desired in animals. Cloning for the purpose of duplicating humans or experimenting with alien DNA is unethical and not currently being pursued. Cloning does not promote evolution as it produces identical copies rather than introducing genetic variability. Creating new species through cloning is also not a current goal as there are ethical and scientific challenges to doing so.