Submitted by speckz t3_10njxdi in technology
Phelpsy2519 t1_j6bx7zp wrote
Reply to comment by tehmlem in California zoo clones critically endangered horse using 42-year-old DNA by speckz
Lol not far off. A common thing with cloned animals is they experience ‘oldness’ quicker. They get arthritis, frail bones etc. Depends how the cloning was done but if it was somatic cell nuclear transfer, it’s because of the ‘dna donor’s’ epigenetic tags. So the cloned animal will have some epigenetic tags of someone who has lived a life.
samyoualljaxuhn t1_j6c5kot wrote
Thanks for that cool insight!
ACCount82 t1_j6d1o4b wrote
There are ways to perform an "epigenetic reset" to get a clone without those "premature aging" effects.
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