does cloning effect large offspring syndrome?
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It effects identical offspring syndrome.
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check this out.\n\nkeep in mind the info is 5 yrs old.\n\nhttp://www.forbes.com/2001/11/26/1126cloning.html
645084
Due to cytoplasmic inheritance.
1039013
First off, men (and women) have been arounf a lot longer than 6000 years. The 6000 years figure is one the fundamentalists use, ignoring all scientific evidence to the contrary. There was no cloning involved. The whole Adam and Eve story is a poem, like most of the bible, certainly not meant to be taken literally. \n\nThere has never been a cloned human baby. The S. Koreans claimed to have done it but they were "stretching" the truth somewhat.
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Many people disagree; some on religious grounds (against God's will), some on ethical/moral (somehow cloning is unnatural).  given that clones have same DNA they would have same immune system and thus be vulnerable to diseases that others might resist because of variations.
755923
i have never heard of such a thing. are you sure its not just you cant have healthy children while on the medication but once you stop the medication you would be able to have halthy children?  i would stay away from anything that would cause permanent genetic defects cause it would have huge negative impact on your health as well.  maybe try finding a different medication for acne like benzinoal peroxide that is sold over the counter and applied topically.
366636
there are some efforts going on to bring mammoth to life by using its frozen sperm. with an african elephant. as far as cloning goes i dont have any idea.
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Is this what cloning basically is? Asexual reproduction? And are we headed toward making a "perfect" species?  \n*** does this mean humans will become extinct in the not too distant future?
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Here are some ideas for you:\n\n"Decline in genetic diversity. \nTaking nature into our own hands. \nReligious and moral reasons. \nPhysical problems, such as birth defects. \nPossibility of mental and emotional problems of the clone. "
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It all depends how you look at the clone.  Some people might not like the clone and disregard the kid.  Whereas, some might accept it that they are the same.  But in my opinion, I would say that no it is not.  Since each clone can function independently of one another, then each must be considered as a separate "object" even though the DNA is the same.  By the way, your clone might end up cutting his right finger, but his DNA is still the same.  There are external factors such as anxiety, depression, and other life experiences that might shape your clone differently emotionaly and physically.
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Not.\n\nI doubt one could ever have the same relationship with the cloned being as you did with the original. What if the relationship sucked and totally taints the memory of the original? What if the original had a sucky life and the cloned is condemned to it all over again? And the fear and grief of eventually losing that person all over again, just isn’t worth it. \n\nSome things are best as originals.
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it is in most cases.\nthe inheritence if extra 23rd x chromosome leads to a homosexual offspring.\nbut inmany cases it is by will.
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Your "soul"?  What are they teaching in biology class these days? :-)\n\nLook, a person and their clone would be no more alike than two normally occuring identical twins.  In fact, genetically, that's exactly what a clone is ... just an identical twin.  They *look* alike, and may have some similar propensities (they may both be naturally talented at math, say) ... but other than that they are two completely independent human beings.  They will have different experiences ... that makes them different.\n\nAs for your "soul", biologists are happy to leave that to the spiritual folks.  Biologists have no opinion either way.
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No.\n\nThere are several reasons. First, most "animal characteristics" are not the result of a single gene. Instead, they require many genes products working together with each other and the rest of the body. This is a level of complexity we simply don't understand yet.\n\nAnother major issue is getting the DNA into a person. People are beginning to experiment with modified viruses (ie, cannot replicate) for this purpose, but so far nothing has worked very well. Probably the biggest obstacle to gene therapy is a workable way to get new DNA into a person's cells.\n\nIn simpler organisms the DNA modifications have been done directly with fertilized eggs. That's a simple thing to do with plants and fruitflies, but a very difficult thing (not to mention the ethics involved) to do with people.\n\nWhile we are very able to insert particular genes into some cells, don't look for animal characteristics in the foreseeable future.
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Human cloning is practically possible. That is ,it can be done. But the actual human cloning is at present; illegal.\nAt the same time animal cloning has not even been perfected. Only 1 or 2 offsprings are gotten from about 100 experiments.
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well since the cells are from your own body... you're going to continue to be susceptible to genetic conditions.\n\ni guess, offhand, let's say you have cystic fibrosis and you want to have a lung transplant through therapeutic cloning.\n\nthe defect in the lungs is caused by a mutant gene that is present in your cells. because this gene is still present in the cloned cells, the cloned lung will have the same defect as the one you're looking to replace. so that's one problem.\n\nsince this hasn't been done yet, we can't tell for sure what complications could occur during the process of organ development and how that would impact the health of the transplantee.
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hope you will get something useful in this link\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning