Cloning animals by nuclear implantation involves all of the following except?
A) induction of cell division and implantation of blastocyst in the surrogate mother
B) removal of an egg cell, extraction of the nucleus, and injection of the diploid donor nucleus
C) fertilization of the cell egg with a sperm cell followed by implantation in a surrogate mother
D) a low frequency of success likely due to variations in the completeness of epigenetic programming of the somatic cell nucleus
E) removal of somatic cells and extraction of a diploid donor nucleus from the animal to be cloned

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Cloning animals by nuclear implantation does not involve the fertilization of an egg cell with a sperm cell, which is a process used in sexual reproduction, not cloning.

Cloning Animals by Nuclear Implantation Involves All of the Following