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First Inter-Species Egg Clone Imminent
ArghBlarg writes: "As an update to their
October report,
New Scientist Magazine reports that the birth of the first animal cloned by placing the genome of one into the egg of another is only a week away. The egg of a domestic cow had its nucleus removed and the genes of a female
gaur, which died in 1993, were inserted. If the birth is a success, it clears the way for endangered (or even extinct) animals with closely-related, extant cousins, to be re-created. Perhaps 'species banks' can become a reality eventually."
But are there chickens that have been engineered to lay cheese yet?
And did the group engineering this great feet of science consult an ethics group of any kind?
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James P Hogan wrote a short story similar to this. Definately worth a read.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2
Remember though it requires "animals with closely-related".
That nullifies a majority of extinct species.
Yes, but wouldn't we be able to rectify that problem in a few generations? After we bred the newly-reborn-recently-extinct animals for genetic purity (assuming they wouldn't be sterile, no I'm not a biologist), couldn't we then use THEM as carriers for other extinct species that they are more closely related to than any other existing species?
Is this even feasible?
If it is, we could eventually have enough samples to be able to clone up any animal, extinct or not.
This might be beneficial solely for it's cross referencing potential to our understanding of how evolution works...
Can anyone elaborate on this prospect?
As far as I recall (and note I'm no geneticist, not even a biologist...or even a college grad) the animal thats born will look almost identical to a guar, but act, and on a genetic level be mostly a cow. I'm trying to remember what I read this from, but it had something to do with the fact that this is not a guar egg, but a cow egg with guar dna. I also recall something about cross cloning of zebras... but that was awhile ago, and I don't know how it turned out.
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
This is such old news! Doesn't everyone know that KFC has been doing genetic engineering on it's chickens for years! How do you think the chicken wings get that big???? A bird with wings that large and muscular would be able to tear off it's shackles and start it's own revolution! As I understand it, they've crossed the genes of a chicken with that of an average house-spider. The result is a very cunning chicken, able to climb walls that (as an added bonus) has eight legs. Thus making KFC that much more profitable! I even heard they have chickens that are able to do trigonometry at the college level and another that scored perfectly on it's SAT's.
Remember though it requires "animals with closely-related".
That nullifies a majority of extinct species.
I wouldn't worry about any dinosaurs etc, but that still leaves the possibility of humans.
Could you imagine some rich right-wing, nazi wanting to clone Hitler?
"i blew a booger that i'd swear had it's own spinal cord" "OUCH" Caroline's Spine
Wow, we can recreate Mammoths and Mastodons so we can then make authentic Ice-age jerky. I can't wait.
To the Moon!
http://www.beefjerky.com
How long till this happens with humans. I can see it now? Pigs used to carry human fetus. Does the pig have any rights in a paternity suit? Would certin really weird Pop musician who wears a glove have himself cloned and carried by some exotic animal. Good technology scarry implications
"If wishes were fishes we all would be casting nets" Dune -Frank Herbert
Then America can be destroyed twice!
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Please, no dinosaurs. I'll be interested to see what happens with this guy though.
Psychos do not explode when the sunlight hits them, I don't care how fucked up they are.