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Thread #36452   Message #503126
Posted By: Mrrzy
10-Jul-01 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Spermless Pregnancy
Subject: RE: BS: Spermless Pregnancy
Yes, I'm quibbling, but it bugs me when they say they cloned a sheep, when they didn't in the biological sense of cloning. I guess once again a jargon term has been taken into a real language where it gets its own meaning... like English did with many French words...

Also, from what I read, the effects of extranuclear DNA on development are completely unknown, not known to be completely absent. Yes, it remains in the mitochondria, but mitochondria have a lot to do with how a cell grows and functions... wish I knew how to do this in fine print, since it is a nitpicky aside. I still wonder who's cells they are thinking of using...