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Bokanovsky's Process
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<p>Bokanovsky's Process is a fictional process of <a href="/facts/Human_cloning/f1S3U5j2">human cloning</a> that is a key aspect of the world envisioned in <a href="/facts/Aldous_Huxley/Dq4XKMz4">Aldous Huxley</a>'s 1932 novel <i><a href="/facts/Brave_New_World/D24coUVV">Brave New World</a></i>. </p><p>The process is applied to fertilized human <a href="/facts/Egg_(biology)/KyMSx9v4">eggs</a> <i><a href="/facts/In_vitro/evp3hAX6">in vitro</a></i>, causing them to split into identical genetic copies of the original. The process can be repeated several times, though the maximum number of viable embryos possible is 96, with 72 being a "good average". </p>