Cloning doesn't hurt the animals does it???
2007-12-13 02:28:29 · 6 answers · asked by polluxgirl14 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No, they just take some cells (usually from the embryos). Whenever you are working with embryos there is a risk to the embryo, but generally the scientists doing this are very experienced and work very hard to ensure the embryo survives. For them it is an issue not only of the life, but also of the time and money wasted if it dies.
2007-12-13 02:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cats have 46 chromosomes too??? Thats new.
Anyway, cloning does not harm the animal involved. And, it does not necessary have to be a cheek cell. Any living cell from the 'parent' can do, but obviously not matured red blood cells (they do not have a nucleus).
In fact, if Jurassic Park is to be believed, they do not even need living cells. Just DNA from the 'parent' which is then genetically grafted onto a host cell, then replicate (polymerise) it before introducing the DNA into an egg cell which has its nucleus removed can also do the trick.
2007-12-13 12:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by vincentyoung1501 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, what they would do to clone a female cat is this:
first step: Take some cheek cells of one female cat and starve the cells, so all of there genes get turned off.
step two: Take an egg (gamete) from another female cat. and starve the egg till all of its genes are turned off.
step three: Bust open the egg cell and take all the nucleus out, then put the check cell in the egg (38 chromosomes).
step 4: shock the egg so all of its genes turn on and it starts multiplying.
step 5: put it back in to the cat's uterus.
Now none of this process hurts the cat or anything else. Obviously the process is so much more difficult to do then it sounds.
Sorry most cats have 38 chromosomes (19 pairs) and some south african cats only have 36 cromosomes (18 pairs)
2007-12-13 11:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by Love Exists? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope not at all. Cloning is a very popular procedure in genetics, it is done fairly often and there are very good techniques for it. Won't hurt an animal at all, they just need a few cells.
2007-12-13 11:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how they aquire the original genetic material but I'm guessing that the answer is probably almost always no.
I was just reading this morning that they cloned and altered some cats in China so that they glow red under UV light. That's nifty.
2007-12-13 10:32:34 · answer #5 · answered by Flavor Vortex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people wrongfully believe that science does its utmost to cause pain. That is just wrong.
2007-12-13 10:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋