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What is the value of cloning livestock? You still need to raise them from calves. Is cloning more economical than traditional animal husbandry? Cloned livestock
by cpeterso 11y ago
What is the value of cloning livestock? You still need to raise them from calves. Is cloning more economical than traditional animal husbandry? Cloned livestock also increases health risks from reduced genetic variance.
- kanzure 11y ago> 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.
- mc32 11y agoI wonder how this will affect the South Korean pet cloning industry and whether they'll improve on viability of the clones.