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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty
I was raised on a farm. We raised cattle. Odd that they have sex and make little cows. These little cows grow up into bigger cows. We can eat these bigger cows, it's been known to happen from time to time. So why do I need a cloned cow to eat again?
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For a similar reason to why certain plants are grafted instead of planting their seeds. There may be certain traits in a unique individual that won't carry through to the offspring exactly as they're expressed in the parent [either recessive or incomplete dominance in the gene allele].
Domesticated bananas produce no seeds at all and must be grafted instead in order to be farmed.