tillylamp 1,831 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 just hypothetically speaking........when cloning an animal...does that animal cloned, turn out to be exactly the same....not in just the looks, but would it be exactly the same in mannerisms? thinking? etc... we got talking the other night......but didn't no the answer.......... there's no reason behind the question......other than, just wondering....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,279 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 My answer would be no.....to be exactly the same would be a duplicate.....all animals will grow up with their own personalities according to its environment......no ? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I agree with gnash a person/animal is a product of its environment not just it's dna 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,667 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 +1 early life experiences play a major roll in character building. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,831 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 yeah....i'd go along with the majority on it....... i just didn't know how far the cloning went........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 It's like identical twins separate them at birth and send them to live in different places and they turn out different even though the genetics are the same is easiest way I can think of explaining it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tillylamp 1,831 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 It's like identical twins separate them at birth and send them to live in different places and they turn out different even though the genetics are the same is easiest way I can think of explaining it. i must admit......i didn't think of it like that............... ......but i think you've hit the nail on the head Quote Link to post Share on other sites
horsedrawn 38 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 The boys from Brazil. Nurture and nature 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,791 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 My first thought is are clones even genetically identical? Twins aren't, due to mutations during early development. I haven't really the foggiest how the various forms of cloning work... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,791 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Environment changes character traits true but if I'm not mistaken even effects an individual's genetics! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) Yes clones are genetically the same, using one to copy so have the same parentage. Identical twins are not exactly the same to look at as you say but genetically they should be I think as one egg splits into two so both should have pretty much identical DNA I think. Edited June 14, 2016 by treecreeper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,791 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yes clones are genetically the same, using one to copy so have the same parentage. Identical twins are not exactly the same to look at as you say but genetically they should be I think as one egg splits into two so both should have pretty much identical DNA I think. Identical twins are not genetically identical. They're nearly identical. The initial embryo splits into genetically identical parts but then these embryos develop into genetically similar babies. That's what makes me wonder if clones are, or like identical twins, just very close genetically. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Fook knows then I just asked me wife who's a midwife, and I know abit about gardening call it a mispent youth. ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 When Dolly the Sheep was cloned, I remember that an unexpected effect was that the cloned sheep showed accelerated ageing, until its cells matched the age of the sheep from which the cloned cells had been taken. My dad was an identical twin - their DNA is almost identical, and only the most detailed testing shows differences. The basic "Jeremy Kyle -type" DNA paternity test would show twins as being the same person. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neems 2,406 Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mA8zmFEjY It'll be different for different species,in humans intelligence and personality is almost entirely inherited. A book called 'the bell curve' is a real eye opener on this subject. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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