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Old 01-01-2007, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeus View Post
I'm not big on cloning at all. Genetics is in its infancy. We've only recently stumbled upon DNA, Watson and Crick in what, the 60s? We've only just sequenced the human genome. So we've got the sequence, all those ATGCs lined up. So...what do they all do and how are they interconnected - no idea. How do all those proteins they code and produce react with one another. No idea. Just little glimpses.
Roughly my take as well. I understand that Dolly the sheep showed signs of being the same age as the animal she was cloned from in some ways, though her chronological age was, of course, younger. A bit dicey, IMO.

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