2006-12-18 16:55:56 · 20 answers · asked by Fireheart20352 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I don't know let me ask my clone....
2006-12-18 16:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer is both yes and no.... Yes the genetically inherited traits that influence certain "personality quirks" would be the same in a cloned dog, but the personality traits due to life experience and upbringing would not be cloned and therefore a cloned dog would develop a completely separate and unique personality with a few inherited quirks from "nature". A clone would never be exactly the same because it is impossible to duplicate an entire lifetime of experience ("nurture"), and transfer that into the new body of a clone. Until we figure out how to copy and transfer the memories and experiences of the original dog into the mind of a clone, we will never be able to "clone" personality.... it cannot be accomplished by simply replicating the body, that is only half of what any living creature is. There is always a debate about "Nature vs. Nurture" but the truth is they are equal in the their influence of the development of ANY individual.
2006-12-19 14:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you clone an animal it is not in the science fiction movie sense of cloning. Natural reproduction is a form of cloning. a cloned animal shares at most 90% of the variable genetic material. These two animals are no more the same than two sisters. Yours truly,
Mervin DePervin
P.S you can never make a perfect clone of genetic material therefore you cannot get an exact copy of the brain of the animal. Also as brains develop new connections are made that are optimized to the surrounding environment and stimulus received. Even if you could make an exact copy of the starting conditions of an animal you would never get the same brain connectivity, ever.
2006-12-18 20:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mervin DePervin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read an article a few years ago about a company in California that was cloning people's pets for them. They interviewed a woman who had them clone her cat for her. She said that they told her from the start that the clone would probably not have the same personality as her original cat, but when she got him he did have a lot of the same qualities, she said that they both LOVED to play in the water. I think it might just be hit or miss, like with twins, sometimes they are almost exactly alike, other times they are complete opposites.
2006-12-18 17:05:04 · answer #4 · answered by FlyChicc420 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a nature vs. nurture debate. If you were cloned, raised as in a different country with different values, holidays, and ways of life, do you think you'd still be the same person? Personally, I think if you cloned a dog, you'd have that dog genetically with the potential to be the same way down to the personality--but the likelihood of raising that animal in exactly the same way isn't very high.
2006-12-18 16:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Destiny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not entirely sure. When you clone it, you would only get a genetic copy of the animal. The personality is the result of life experiences,But you would also get an exact copy of the brain and that could hold the exact same information as the original. That is a pretty interesting question.
2006-12-18 17:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by omicron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the environment is very similar, and how and who it is raised by is the same,, than you do not have to have the entirety of every single day to day activity be exactly the same for the life of the clone, to develop an extremely close personality,, like in the high 90% range,,, breed traits, clone traits,, and environmental traits will make it the same or very close to it
2015-01-03 07:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only those aspects of personality which are due to genetics rather than environment (nature vs. nurture).
For example, a dog that would otherwise have been friendly but was beaten for years and became a vicious mongrel would, if well taken care of, have a happy, friendly clone.
2006-12-18 16:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
canines that are cloned will act in any different case through fact they have not long gone in the process the comparable reviews that the different canines went by way of to grow to be the canines that they've been; genetics in basic terms play a small place in temperament, how a canines is raised and what they adventure has far greater to do with what temperament they have. Even canines of the comparable breed, even nicely bred, might have fairly some temperaments.
2016-10-15 05:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Some aspects will be very similar, but it's the same situation as exists for identical twins. Identical twins will have a great deal in common, but they are still individuals with their own strengths, weakness, likes and dislikes, quirks, and so on.
Incidentally, markings will not be identical with a clone because markings are not based strictly on genetics.
2006-12-18 17:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by FairlyErica 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A portion of the dogs 'personality' will be the same as the origional dog. The traits controlled strictly by genes will be the same, usually taste preferences and perhaps strange habits, but most of personality is environmentally controlled and it is impossible to duplicate environment and experiences, so the personality may be a bit different.
2006-12-18 17:01:50 · answer #11 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋