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mike_c

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Tue Jan-15-08 06:39 PM
Response to Reply #119

124. you've been harping about this all over this thread....

Animal cells are not totipotent and plant cells are, but there is no functional difference between cloning plants and animals whatsoever. Cloning is just another way to reproduce diploid individuals. Most animals-- not all-- can only do that via their gametes, but they CAN do it that way. Some do it themselves (e.g. parthenogenesis), others retain the mechanism but don't use it. Animal cloning simply uses that existing mechanism by replacing a gamete nucleus with a diploid somatic nucleus. It's not even genetic engineering, just assisted reproduction.

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