More than 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America-but Africa has seen the biggest growth in Catholic congregations in recent years. Latin America accounts for 483 million Catholics, or 41.3% of the total Catholic population. Of the 10 countries in the world with the most Catholics, four are in Latin America.
DNA cloning is the process of making multiple, identical copies of a particular piece of DNA. In a typical DNA cloning procedure, the gene or other DNA fragment of interest (perhaps a gene for a medically important human protein) is first inserted into a circular piece of DNA called a plasmid.
1 Organism cloning involves making an identical copy of an entire organism. 2  This type of cloning is also called reproductive cloning. 3  Therapeutic Cloning. 4  Therapeutic cloning involves the cloning of human embryos for the production of stem cells.