I am going to write an essay about cloning, but being a very broad subject, I have narrowed it down to the cloning of animals. Some people say that cloning is wrong because there is no need to create more animals when there are so many homeless ones in the world. They also claim that clones tend to develop health complications, so why "create" life just for it to suffer? The other side holds to the belief that the amazing science of cloning can be used to save endangered (or even extinct) species. The animal will be cloned, and once there are enough, they will start breeding naturally. Some have even gone so far as to say they will bring back dinosaurs (hmmm...sounds familiar...Jurassic Park maybe?). As for the health problems, scientists have successfully cloned and kept alive many endangered African wild cats. The cats have even had kittens naturally, proving that they are healthy. It has been a while since Dolly was cloned, and cloning has been improved. So, what is your opinion?
2006-12-14 03:52:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The problem with cloning to increase the population of an endangered species is that it doesn't increase the diversity of the gene pool. See, when there are too few of a species, zookeepers can breed them as much as they like, but eventually you're going to get problems from inbreeding. You need a gene pool of at least 50 or so creatures, I think, to keep a population healthy.
Well, clones may seem like extra creatures, but genetically speaking they're not. They are exact genetic replicas of existing creatures, and they bring nothing to the gene pool.
2006-12-14 03:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by Amy F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im not saying cloning is a bad thing. It definitely has both advantages and disadvantages.
But man, i wouldnt want to be cloned. there has got to be only ONE ME!
I think the world is turning upside down. Oh and i heard there are scientists out there who illegally do their own research and start cloning humans.
they all they said that. Said cloning is to save extinct animals etc etc. sooner or later it will change to 'save humans'. and maybe we would see us repeating history? living caveman ,dinasours..etc..etc..
2006-12-14 13:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by Lovedrug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything has its own advantages and disadvantages. if you take the advantages of cloning it is an miracle in the medicine ( bio-technology) field. it can be used in the good sense ( for e.g: in china it is used to increase number of panda - endangered species). if take other side of the cloning , the main thing is it may be misused for e.g: cloning the living person .
2006-12-14 12:00:48 · answer #3 · answered by karthee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you should write about the Ups' And Downs' to the essay and what the probabilaty's are of the death and the life span.And add deitail and look on the Internet and write down or print it out and put it in your oun words.
2006-12-14 12:05:02 · answer #4 · answered by Andrea F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with cloning is that the daughter is an exact copy of its mother. There is no diversity.
2006-12-19 23:35:08 · answer #5 · answered by jennp_49837 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am 100% in support of all cloning & gentic research...
2006-12-14 11:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.un.int/usa/cloning-paper-print.htm
2006-12-18 16:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by ncballer1990 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say don't mess with Mother Nature! She is pretty powerful, and one day we will regret sticking our noses where they didn't belong and messing with her natural cycles of things.
2006-12-14 12:01:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wish i could clone myself,im so gorgeous!
cant stop progress,anyway
2006-12-14 12:01:16 · answer #9 · answered by GANJI 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋