What is the difference between a test tube baby and a clone?

In an In-Vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) or test tube baby an egg fertilised by a sperm (creating a zygote) is transferred into the uterus. It creates progeny similar to normal conception. The child carries the DNA of both his/her parents. In case of cloning, a somatic cell is taken from a donor and used to create an embryo. read more

* In an In-Vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) or test tube baby an egg fertilised by a sperm (creating a zygote) is transferred into the uterus. It creates progeny similar to normal conception. read more

Difference Between a Test Tube and Cloned Baby A test tube baby is when an egg is removed from a woman and sperm from and man, and the egg is fertilized outside that mother's body, i.e. in a test-tube. Cloning may be carried out in a test tube, but it is the copying or duplicating of cells. read more

So, test tube baby is the way of uniting sperm cells and ovules in a place other than the womb and let the zygote be formed there and putting it in the womb again in order to ensure the normal zygote development. read more

The event of cloning is a bit different than the test tube baby. It was first tried with a sheep. As it is known, for living things, including plants, animals and humans, the number of chromosomes of the sperm and ovules reduce by half in a certain period. read more