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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2004-12-23, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) penned: Monique Y. Mudama wrote: The fact that so many people don't understand cloning really bugs me. It's really "twinning," just done with human interference instead of occuring naturally, but people act like there are issues about their souls, about personality, etc. Clones will be just as similar as "identical" twins, which is to say, some will be quite similar and some will not. As I understand it, "identical" twins are the result of a single egg splitting and becoming two embryos AFTER fertilization - meaning that they both have identical heredity. That cannot possibly be the case when an adult's DNA has been implanted into an unrelated egg, can it? Ummm drat ... Doesn't cloning use a "blank" egg? I'll have to do some research =/ I'm pretty sure that a clone's genes will have the same range of possibilities as a twin's would, but I can't recall the research I did in deciding that. Wouldn't the clone inherit mitochodnria (sp) from the donor egg? -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Pat wrote:
"Mary" wrote in message ... California company sells cloned cat, generating ethics debate - PAUL ELIAS, AP Biotechnology Writer Wednesday, December 22, 2004 snip The woman and the kitten were on the CBS evening news tonight! I really hope this kitten has a normal healthy life, but I very much doubt that it will. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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"Adrian" had some very interesting things to say
about First cloned cat delivered: Wouldn't the clone inherit mitochodnria (sp) from the donor egg? I think that would be mitichlorians. [gd&r] -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:03:03 -0800, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled: "Adrian" had some very interesting things to say about First cloned cat delivered: Wouldn't the clone inherit mitochodnria (sp) from the donor egg? I think that would be mitichlorians. [gd&r] Wasn't that a very expecsive car in the '8os? :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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John F. Eldredge wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:05:23 GMT, "Jeanette" wrote: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote in message ... Monique Y. Mudama wrote: Ummm drat ... Doesn't cloning use a "blank" egg? IS there such a thing? To be viable at all, wouldn't it have to retain the mother's DNA? No, the 'clonee's DNA is inserted into the egg. But there is such a thing as 'mitochondrial DNA' which is present in egg cells, which has an influence too. Jeanette (not as well up on cloning as I used to be) As I understand the process, the egg's nucleus is removed and replaced with the nucleus from the clonee's cell. As Jeanette said, though, not all DNA is in the nucleus. I don't know just what the mitochondrial DNA, as distinct from the nuclear DNA, controls. Do the "cloners" know, either? Science knows a great deal more about the subject than it did even ten years ago, but SFAIK, it still has volumes to learn! |
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Adrian wrote:
Wouldn't the clone inherit mitochodnria (sp) from the donor egg? Yes, which is why some people said that they weren't sure of the effect of mitochondrial DNA on cloning. But that would make a clone different from an identical twin, for sure. Joyce |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:03:03 -0800, Seanette Blaylock yodeled: "Adrian" had some very interesting things to say about First cloned cat delivered: Wouldn't the clone inherit mitochodnria (sp) from the donor egg? I think that would be mitichlorians. [gd&r] Wasn't that a very expecsive car in the '8os? :P ROTFL -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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