Damn these hamburgers look like twins

[tyler811]

Now in financial straits, Wiles says he may be forced to sell his cloned cows for hamburger

 

[Amused]

So?

I'll never understand the food fear activists. For them just about any increased production through science is "bad." They are the unibombers of the activist world.

 

[Jeff7]

No way. I can't stand the idea that somewhere else in the world, someone is eating the exact same hamburger I'm eating.

 

[stinkycheese]

So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

 

[doze]

Cheaper steak sounds good to me

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

There will still be different breeds due to geography and climate

 

[Mrvile]

Is anyone controlling this whole cloning thing? What's stopping some mad scientist from practicing cloning on humans?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Is anyone controlling this whole cloning thing? What's stopping some mad scientist from practicing cloning on humans?

You don't think there are sanctions and regulations against cloning?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

 

[Shawn]

who cares? I'd eat it.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

decreased diversity of immune genes. Higher diversity leads to increased chances that some individual(s) will be resistant to a hypothetical killer pathogen.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

decreased diversity of immune genes. Higher diversity leads to increased chances that some individual(s) will be resistant a hypothetical killer pathogen.

All cows are already very closely related. Simply cloning them isn't going to put them into any worse of a situation.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

decreased diversity of immune genes. Higher diversity leads to increased chances that some individual(s) will be resistant a hypothetical killer pathogen.

All cows are already very closely related. Simply cloning them isn't going to put them into any worse of a situation.

How is it all cows are already closely related? They're nearly as diverse as us.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

decreased diversity of immune genes. Higher diversity leads to increased chances that some individual(s) will be resistant a hypothetical killer pathogen.

All cows are already very closely related. Simply cloning them isn't going to put them into any worse of a situation.

How closely related is "very?" More to the point, how diverse are their HLA alleles? got a cite? Cloning will make their HLA alleles identical.

I've no objection to cloning cows, btw.

 

[stinkycheese]

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: stinkycheese
So eventually all the cows will be cloned from the same cow, then some disease comes along and cows become extinct.

all cows are potentially vulnerable to the same diseases....
is there something I am missing? is there a magical DNA link between cloned creatures that I am unaware of?
one clone gets sick, and they all immediately fall ill to the same disease at the same exact time?
sounds like a creepy, sci-fi dystopia novel.

decreased diversity of immune genes. Higher diversity leads to increased chances that some individual(s) will be resistant a hypothetical killer pathogen.

All cows are already very closely related. Simply cloning them isn't going to put them into any worse of a situation.

How closely related is "very?" More to the point, how diverse are their HLA alleles? got a cite? Cloning will make their HLA alleles identical.

I've no objection to cloning cows, btw.

I was just thinking that cows would turn out like bananas.