Re: Cloning

Geoff Smith (geoffs@unixg.ubc.ca)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:42:03 -0800


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> From: CALYK <CALYK@aol.com>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: Cloning
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 11:19 AM
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> are clones the same as identical twins ?

Genetically, yes. But really (for human beings at least), they are not the
same as identical twins, since identical twins are partly identical from
being raised in the same womb at the same time. Clones are not necessarily
raised in the same womb, nor at the same time.

Geoff.