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Encyclopedia > Serial clones

A Serial Clone is defined as a clone of a clone. However, unlike a xerox copy these clones are as good as the original (barring any genetic mutations).


Serial Clones are referred to by generation with 1st generation denoting the 1st clone, on to Nth generations. The highest number of generations cloned so far does not exceed 2.


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Dolly the sheep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (832 words)
She was cloned at the Roslin Institute in Scotland and lived there until her death at the age of six.
The arthritis further fueled worry among some that this form of cloning may not be appropriate for mammals, and there is now a consensus both within and outside the scientific community that at this point the risk of unforeseen effects of cloning on the clone makes experiments in human reproductive cloning premature and unethical.
Cloning has already become an option for preserving animals that may become extinct and bringing back to life replicas of pets, such as cats and dogs.
Encyclopedia: Serial clones (112 words)
A Serial Clone is defined as a clone of a clone.
However, unlike a xerox copy these clones are as good as the original (barring any genetic mutations).
Serial Clones are referred to by generation with 1st generation denoting the 1st clone, on to Nth generations.
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