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Project Copycat Clones A Cat

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-wish-copycat-cloned-a-chicken dept.

texchanchan writes: "'Copying' is not limited to other people's proprietary files. Soon you'll be able to 'share' their prize Siamese. From Yahoo news: "A domestic cat was cloned late last year in a Texas A&M University research program called CopyCat....Cloning research at the university has been funded with more than $3.5 million in investments from John Sperling, an 81-year-old financier who formed Genetic Savings & Clone Inc." (These Texans know how to name things, too.)"

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  1. BBC Story + Pics by Pilferer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a link to the BBC story, with a picture of the cat (named "Cc:").

    MEoW.

  2. Hate to break the news to everyone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    ..but these animals are not clones unless the donor egg used in the conception is from the same animal. If not, then the so called "clone" does not share the mitochondrial DNA of their "parent" and thus is not a clone. Now back to your regularily scheduled ignorance.

  3. Better Link... by FortKnox · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... is here as per my journal.

    Also has a pic of the cat. Its named "Cc:" (seriously).

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!