August 11, 2008: Booger Clones - Page 2

spudcon · 08-13-2008, 01:58 PM

I thought all boogers were clones.

Aliantha · 08-13-2008, 08:10 PM

Something I just noticed.

If they're all clones, why does the one in the middle have a white stripe down it's face?

Sundae · 08-13-2008, 08:19 PM

My understanding of cloning is that it simply (!) uses DNA from one animal as if it were both mother and father. I welcome correction if that's not the case.
So there is less variation than between natural siblings, but it can still throw up many many differences.

Aliantha · 08-13-2008, 08:23 PM

Interesting. I didn't know that.

Undertoad · 08-13-2008, 08:44 PM

This was first noted in the IotD January 24, 2003: Cloned cat not copied, which documented how the first cloned pet did not turn out to be the same cat as its original. I remember researchers saying that even the in-utero experience would lead to different outcomes.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2008, 12:31 AM

From Neatorama...

Quote:

Now, a lawyer has identified McKinney as a fugitive from a criminal case in Tennessee.

The Tennessee charges stem from McKinney’s arrest in November 2004 after being found in a van with the teenager. According to prosecutors in Carter County, an area in north eastern Tennessee, she instructed the boy to burgle a house and was charged with criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

McKinney had allegedly told the teenager she needed money to help her three-legged horse. A representative of the South Korean biotech company said she had left for the US last week, but does not know where she is.

I should think it would be hard to sneak into the country with 5 puppies.

08-13-2008, 01:58 PM	#16
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I thought all boogers were clones. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-13-2008, 08:10 PM	#17
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Something I just noticed. If they're all clones, why does the one in the middle have a white stripe down it's face? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-13-2008, 08:23 PM	#19
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Interesting. I didn't know that. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-13-2008, 08:19 PM	#18
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My understanding of cloning is that it simply (!) uses DNA from one animal as if it were both mother and father. I welcome correction if that's not the case. So there is less variation than between natural siblings, but it can still throw up many many differences.

08-13-2008, 08:44 PM	#20
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This was first noted in the IotD January 24, 2003: Cloned cat not copied, which documented how the first cloned pet did not turn out to be the same cat as its original. I remember researchers saying that even the in-utero experience would lead to different outcomes.

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