2006-12-09 02:47:05 · 3 answers · asked by warnakulasuriya p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Um....cloned animals have been created with such minor defects that they have lived for years. There is none of this missing organ stuff. They usually end up dying from numerous cancers due to the treatment necessary to get the somatic cell DNA to begin replicating properly in the egg.
2006-12-09 03:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throughout the ages people have tried to duplicate or clone things. Scientists now know that you can't really clone something without major defects or killing things that the cloned item needs.
You see, duplication would be like writing somethig on a piece of paper then copying it and then copying it again and again and again. What happens? The picture distorts and fades. The same thing happens when living things are duplicated (cloned). The cloned animal always has something missing (like an organ or muscle or even a brain or blatter), and then it can't live for more then two days.
Replication (which is what they are trying to do with cloning) is when you copy something directly with no defects. Replication is like DNA Replication. The DNA is split up and made into a same exact strand of DNA. If it was called DNA Duplication, you'd be missing some genetic details (like your skin color or eye color). Replication is what they are trying to do with cloning, but it always turns out as duplication.
I hope this has helped you.
2006-12-09 11:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by Imagine, Its Contagious! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It turns out that Dubya was cloned from a newt.
2006-12-09 11:09:25 · answer #3 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋