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.
Cloning is a method of recombining genes in order to take advantage of a bacteria's native ability to recreate plasmids. Engineered plasmids can be used to clone genetic material of up to 10,000 base pairs, the amount of genetic material is limited by the size of the plasmid.