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Old 01-26-2003, 10:57 AM   #13
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Originally posted by wolf
. . . Doesn't matter. In the process of cloning, neither the egg donor nor the implantee donate any genetic material to the end-product. . .
Aaah, but Obsidious' point is that it does matter, as the outcome is determined by more than the genetic input. Maternal health and nutrition, and other conditions of gestation may have more of an impact on physical development of the fetus than we give credit for. Although the clone may be a "genetic duplicate," the actual outcome varies more than we thought possible. That's probably why identical twins (genetic copies gestated in nearly identical conditions) will be more alike than clones reared at different times, in different gestational "mothers."

Don't know if this is true, or to what extent, but I think this is what Obsidious was trying to say.
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