Almost all the media are currently making noise about cloning. And the information they present as just another sensation most often turns out to be speculation or, even worse, complete fiction. Now there are five persistent myths regarding clones.

Firstly, this is the myth that any living creature can be cloned, and the clone will appear to be the same age as the matrix.

Secondly, the clone must necessarily repeat the fate of the matrix.

Thirdly, the clone must be externally and internally identical to its matrix.

Fourth, cloning is the mass production of living creatures.

And finally, fifthly, cloning is a direct path to distortion of the gene pool.

Nikolai Dyagterev’s book is intended not only to debunk these at least strange beliefs, but also tell and show the interested reader with vivid examples about cloning and how a clone differs from an “ordinary person.” Do you think only by the method of conception? Not everything is so simple...