How do you clone a fruit fly? I know it's been done.?

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How do you clone a fruit fly? I know it's been done.?

I think it is top secret.

2006-06-25 09:29:37 · 3 answers · asked by L-Rob 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Naw, an easier method was developed by Bill Rice at UC Santa Barbara.

2006-06-25 09:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Unlike Dolly the sheep, cloned fruit flies are a product of embryo genetic material, not from an adult genome. It is generally thought to be easier to clone this way. Even so, it still takes about 800 transfers to produce the five fly copies. Even then, there are usually several point mutations that don't evolve the fly into a healthy life form.

2006-06-25 16:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Emerson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Bobby? is that you?

2006-06-29 21:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by magnificomoe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋