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July 17, 2008 at 10:22 am #61710AnonymousGuest
Why am i not surprised?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080717/tod-uk-korea-clones-dogs-life-b7e5c6f.html
July 17, 2008 at 3:47 pm #67474AnonymousGuestand that from a country that treats them like scum, ties them up with cans over their mouths, cages them in the street & then eats them! >:(
July 17, 2008 at 4:43 pm #67475kerrie and stanMemberi think cloning on any level is disgusting and that is the only thing that i am going to say on this matter as it realy winds me up >:( :-\ :'(
July 17, 2008 at 5:43 pm #67476Foxisle_crazyMemberI dont really understand cloning, is the aim to produce a dog that looks exactly like the one it was cloned from? Or does it have the same personality? ??? But im thinking it cant be that because how can you have two dogs with the same personalities? ???
July 17, 2008 at 5:47 pm #67477.dodger.Memberi think they looking for same talents. For example they cloned a champion sniffer dog and they hope by cloning him they can have a ton more champion sniffer dogs – i think that’s right :-\ 🙂
July 17, 2008 at 5:50 pm #67478Foxisle_crazyMemberOh right, but isn’t that what selective breeding is about? ???
July 17, 2008 at 5:56 pm #67479.dodger.Memberyeah but i suppose you’ll never get a dog with the exact same talent as their parent – they may be stronger in one point but weaker in an other so by cloning you get the perfect all round dog just like your champion. if i’m making any sense lol
July 17, 2008 at 5:58 pm #67480Foxisle_crazyMemberYeah you are but i just cant get my head around the fact that they can be the same, surely environment, training etc shapes a dog. Its too hard to think about 😀
July 17, 2008 at 6:05 pm #67481.dodger.Memberyes the environment and training will help shape the dog but i think they are looking for the same potential as the original. So if you think about all the dogs that fail the police test by doing this you know that the dog have everything they need to become a champion all they do need is the correct training ect in the same manner as the original dog was dealt with to help it become what i can be. :-\ confusing this is lol
July 17, 2008 at 9:48 pm #67482GSPmadMemberhave heard of this in cats in america too, i am sure.
i thought a dog had already been cloned – an afghan hound, if memory serves.
July 17, 2008 at 9:53 pm #67483GSPmadMember[quote author=Foxisle_crazy link=topic=12028.msg230816#msg230816 date=1216317517]
Yeah you are but i just cant get my head around the fact that they can be the same, surely environment, training etc shapes a dog. Its too hard to think about 😀
[/quote]PHENOTYPE (ie what you get – animal as it is & behaves) = GENOTYPE (ie genetic make up) + ENVIRONMENT (ie training, conditioning etc).
a clone is genetically identical – identical genotype (same as identical twins) but will not necessarily be phenotypically identical – as you say foxy, environment plays a part in what you get.
Does that help? 🙂
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