JMathieuUS@aol.com wrote:
> On 6/8/99 Nanogirl wrote:
>
> >The cow's egg is hollowed out and contains no genetic material from the cow;
> >it appears that the human genetic material drives the development process
> >and overrides any cellular instructions from the cow's egg.
>
> Actually there would be cow DNA present in the cell in the form of
> mitochondrial DNA. The mitochondrial DNA found in animal cells does not code
> for many proteins but some of these do interact with proteins produced from
> genes in the nucleus. I would still say that the resulting embryo would be a
> hybrid.
>
Does this mean we could wind up with a non-animated version of the Cow and Chicken Show???? ;-P
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