Cloning Disaster? by Lena Tran https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg By: Lena Tran & Jason Vo en-us 2016-03-23 04:53:28 UTC 2016-03-25 04:52:15 UTC hello@padlet.com http://hdimagesnew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DNA-HD-Wallpaper-1.jpg What is Cloning? 19ltran https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102349848 Cloning is a process of stimulating an identical copy of an organism. Although, this seems fascinating, there are many risks. Therefore, cloning should not be practiced.]]> 2016-03-23 05:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102349848 Behavior 19ltran https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102350159 Cloning does not exactly make animals or humans identical. In fact, they can develop a different behavior based on environment. A good and domesticated dog does not always turn out to act the same.]]> 2016-03-23 05:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102350159 Health 19ltran https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102351141 Some clones can become not as healthy as the original. For example, Dolly the sheep, a clone, died early at the age of six.]]> 2016-03-23 05:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102351141 Gene Expression 19ltran https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102351939 After being cloned, the organism can possibly have a different stimulation of gene expression. They may have the same genes as the original, but can have the chance of being regulated at different times, resulting in different physical traits.]]> 2016-03-23 05:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102351939 Health Defects 19jvo2 https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102701160 Among the species cloned as far such as, sheep, pigs, goats, mice, and cattle, scientists have observed many defects. The defects were found in the cardiovascular system, kidneys, liver, and brain. Clones also experienced lung failure at birth, diabetes, leg malformation, and joint abnormalities. Cloned animals that survive also tend to have "Large Offspring Syndrome", or LOS. Clones with LOS usually have abnormally large organs. This can lead to many problems involving breathing and blood flow.]]> 2016-03-25 03:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102701160 High Failure Rate 19jvo2 https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102701544 Cloning any species is very inefficient and has a very high failure rate. The success rate ranges from 0.1% to 3%. This means, for example, that every 1000 tries, only 1 to 30 clones are produced. Even if the clones were even produced, the chances of them living healthy are still very slim. The failure rate is high for many reasons; the enucleated egg and the transferred nucleus may not be compatible, an egg with a newly transferred nucleus may not begin to divide or develop properly, the implantation of the embryo into the surrogate mother might fail, and the pregnancy itself as well.

 
]]> 2016-03-25 03:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102701544 Decreased Biodiversity 19jvo2 https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102702325 A huge loss in cloning is the decrease in biodiversity. In most cases, a specific trait is desired to be cloned. If all species were to be cloned, there would be no genetic variation. Everything would be the exact same, with no uniqueness. Cloning would also possibly rid of good traits. For example if a herd of cattle is genetically modified for a specific trait, the herd might lose other useful traits, so if there is an outbreak of a disease, all of them would be vulnerable. In human instances, there would be a decrease in the uniqueness we currently have in the world. People will start cloning themselves, resulting is less diversity.]]> 2016-03-25 04:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/19ltran/is6764vnu9eg/wish/102702325