Re:China ‘cloning factory’ to produce cattle, racehorses and...
by kanzure on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:30PM
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> Cloned livestock also increases health risks from reduced genetic variance.
Like, "animal husbandry can manage genetic variation, but cloning can't" ? Doesn't add up. In both cases you can have humans in the loop to make sure sufficiently diverse samples are preserved and used in populations.
All livestock populations should be genetically monitored, anyway.
Like, "animal husbandry can manage genetic variation, but cloning can't" ? Doesn't add up. In both cases you can have humans in the loop to make sure sufficiently diverse samples are preserved and used in populations.
All livestock populations should be genetically monitored, anyway.