From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Mon May 27 2002 - 14:53:21 MDT
On Monday, May 27, 2002 4:04 PM Robert J. Bradbury bradbury@aeiveos.com
wrote:
> So there you have it -- hard numbers. My only comment is that if
> natural conception and development is so darn difficult, it explains
> a large chunk of why cloning is so problematic.
It's suggestive, but not conclusive. After all, I would expect some
failures in noncloned conceptions and gestations to be because
something's screwey about the genetics, whereas a clone would seem to me
to mean taking a viable set of chromosomes and replicating them.
However, this is a speculation on my part. (I'm not well versed in the
field...) In any event, the causes of the failures in both cases --
cloned and noncloned -- need to be examined. (Obviously, having an idea
of the latter would be very helpful in solving the problems of cloning,
therapeutic or otherwise.)
Later!
Dan
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