10-07-2015, 04:39 PM
The cloning for commercial purposes is fairly new. The original cloning was in 1996 so that is not that long ago. Dolly the sheep only lived 7 years. It is unclear if that is a side effect of the cloning. If clones have short lives then it would not be fair to produce clones.
It is very expensive. It is a lot of money to produce something that looks like your pet, but isn't your pet.
They also cloned a cat, but as someone commented, what do we need cloned cats for. Cats are able to produce plenty of other cats without our help.
https://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Cloned_Cat.html
It seems even genetically identical cats do not turn out identical. So much for copy cats.
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&e...OYIckCi9Lg
At least the cloned cat has had a good life.
It is very expensive. It is a lot of money to produce something that looks like your pet, but isn't your pet.
They also cloned a cat, but as someone commented, what do we need cloned cats for. Cats are able to produce plenty of other cats without our help.
https://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Cloned_Cat.html
It seems even genetically identical cats do not turn out identical. So much for copy cats.
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&e...OYIckCi9Lg
At least the cloned cat has had a good life.
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Catherine
