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The simplest way to clone a plant is to take a cutting — a small section of stem with a few leaves. Place the cutting in damp compost or water, and it will grow roots and develop into a new plant.
This produces a clone because the cutting grows by mitosis — every new cell copies the DNA from the parent plant exactly. No fertilisation occurs, so no new allele combination is introduced. The new plant is genetically identical to the parent.
Gardeners use cuttings to: reproduce plants with desirable features (colour, size, disease resistance) quickly and cheaply, without waiting for seeds to grow.
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