Would the term clone be suitable in rreference to the newly formed planarians?explain?
538002
Do you mean planarians made from regeneration expt where you slice worm up with scalple and it makes more? Yes, it could be a form of asexual reproduction, aka cloning. Cloning involves making genetically identical offspring from asexual means, not with egg-sperm (unless embryo is dissected apart after fertilization and mitosis began.
25686
It is theoritically possible to clone a dinosur from its bones, however it would have to be recent bones to still have marrow cells in the, and since no dinosaurs have died recently then no, it is not practically possible. Plus, you would have to have a surrogate mother large enough to carry a dinosaur feutus to full term.
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The process that you are refering to is called parthenogenesis.  Evolutionarily it is a bad idea.  It produces clones of the mother.  Cloning is bad because you produce genetically identical offspring and if a disease comes or the environment changes, you do not have survive as a population.  If it kills one, it kills all.  All sexually reproducing animals have the advantage of unique offspring with differing abilities/disabilities.\nTo answer your question:  yes, but that doesn't mean I agree with it.  Scientists can already remove the incomplete nucleus (haploid) of an egg and replace it with a complete nucleus (diploid).  Quite possibly, a woman could give birth to her own clone.  Scientists could also possibly find a way for two women to use their own haploid nuclei to produce and diploid egg.  Yay for the lesbian lovers.  Bad for the christian conservatives.  I'm not saying I agree with this all, just relaying the facts.
226661
clone or twin or whatever.. it'll be inscest
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Oh well, with that information it's easy to identy. \n\nThe  creature is Biplaium kewense. They are commonly known as "worm killers".  See the link below for some photos\n\nAs others have guessed it is a planarian. Worm killers are an exotic pest species imported from Viet Nam in the soil of potted plants. They are carnivorous and hunt earthworms and small insects. They immobilise their prey by coating them with that slime they secrete and then stick a tube into them and suck their insides out.\n\nBTW, well spotted that it uses it's head like a sensor. That is exactly what they do. There are pits under the head that act like a nose that enables the animal to track earthworms, slugs and other prey animals.
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Sure.  You say that the cells are competent.\n\nJust clone your cDNAs into your plasmids, and then perform transformation (chemical or electrical, your choice).\n\nElectrical transformation's more fun, though I have caught a specimen on fire that way.\n\nBacteria aren't picky about which plasmids they intake, just make sure that the plasmid contains a bacterial replication promoter so that the bacteria knows to duplicate it while performing mitosis.\n\nAlso, plasmids in excess of 12kb length have trouble getting into bacteria, so be warned.\n\nHope this helps.
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Don't amphibeous species grow back different limbs?  Besides, I heard they IMPORT their frogs legs from a wide variety of Nations, or at least they could if they ran out (it's not as if they are restricted from free trade, and isolated from the rest of the world).  But logic tells me the bodies would just remain the same, but you would have to do a little research, or actual testing, to find the true answer to your question.   But it is my opinion that my answer is simple enough to make sense to you.
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Absolutely, I suggest\n\nYang X, Tian XC, (2002). Cloning adult animals - what is the genetic age of the clones? Cloning, 2(3):123-8. \n\nThat is an almost perfect review!\n\n:-) Happy reading!
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cloning\nstem cells\ngenetic manipulation
1180676
The first steps have already been taken: human organs and stem cells have already been grown in the laboratory. New strides in genetics research such as identifying genes which cause disease are moving the scientific community ever closer to cloning a human. It would be interesting to see if a clone of a genetically mutated animal or human would exhibit the same symptoms as its duplicate. If not, what is the difference?
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I think he means clone.\n\nIt would be murder.\n\nJust because you have the same genetic code (as does an identical twin) doesn't mean you're the same person.
1133910
DNA has already been cloned, so your question is meaningless. This was done in bacteria over 40 years ago, and is how human insulin is now produced en masse.
271289
sure ....id love a cloned slave \n\nbut morally correct then no ....
834582
An entire human is cloned, but if you're asking if the brain will be the same in terms of the knowledge that it holds the answer is no.  Cloning makes a copy of genetics--the instructions that are stored as to how to make us physically.  The information our brains hold is all a matter of experiences encountered.  \nThis is a question of nature vs. nurture.  Our genetics do have implications as to how we think, but the way we are brought up, down to very minute details form who we are, and because it's very hard to mimic the same exact conditions that a person had growing up, it would be next to impossible to clone somebody who would think exactly like the original person.
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it depends on wat you're cloning on: animals/humans would be wrong; supplies I think is ok, like more $$$$$$$$$$.
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Well, technically identical twins are clones and many organisms with asexual reproduction clone themselves, so yes. I think the question should be if an artificial clone can reproduce; but most of them don't even live more than a few days.
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I think there is nothing wrong with cloning. It is just creating an exact copy of someone's body, it isn't going to replicate their mind. If someone cloned Hitler, it would look like Hitler but it wouldn't actually be him. The clone would need to be raised under the exact same circumstances, and even then, he might react differently to his surroundings. It's like how twins look alike, but don't have the same personality. If they ever decided to clone humans, I'd volunteer to be a test subject, as long as I didn't have to raise my clone.