http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-27/healthy-clones-dolly-the-sheep’s-heirs-reach-ripe-old-age/7663564

Four genetically identical copies of Dolly the famous cloned sheep, which suffered ill health and died prematurely in 2003, are going strong at the advanced age of nine, a study says.

Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy — identical sisters of Dolly, though born 11 years later — were “in pretty good health”, according to researchers who studied whether cloned animals can live long, healthy lives.

The quadruplets were made from the same mammary gland cell line that yielded Dolly — the first mammal cloned using a technique called somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).

Born 20 years ago on July 5, 1996, Dolly developed crippling knee arthritis aged five and died of lung disease at the age of six — about half the life expectancy of her breed of Finn-Dorset sheep.
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The data, said the team, was “compelling, indicating no detrimental long-term adverse effects of SCNT on the health of aged adult offspring”.
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I read this earlier. I understand Debbie has some evidence of arthritis but certainly not to Dolly’s point.

I wonder if their “personalities” are similar to Dolly, each other or the original sheep.

• I wonder if their “personalities” are similar to Dolly, each other or the original sheep.

They are sheep…

I’m sure any Kiwi will tell you each one has their own personality. After all, inanimate sex dolls have a unique personality according to uh, enthusiasts.

I didn’t post the headline which described them as “twins” despite the fact that there are four of them…

Divine Angel said:

I’m sure any Kiwi will tell you each one has their own personality. After all, inanimate sex dolls have a unique personality according to uh, enthusiasts.

Why are you turning this thread into a cathedral of filth?

dv said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m sure any Kiwi will tell you each one has their own personality. After all, inanimate sex dolls have a unique personality according to uh, enthusiasts.

Why are you turning this thread into a cathedral of filth?

The shear nerve…

Soz, I’ll stick to the topic.

Divine Angel said:

Soz, I’ll stick to the topic.

or at least keep it PG

it did all seem a bit crooked

Telomere a story and then I’ll go to bed.

dv said:

Telomere a story and then I’ll go to bed.

Don’t silent k Now Any

Cymek said:

dv said:

Telomere a story and then I’ll go to bed.

Don’t silent k Now Any

idgi

dv said:

Cymek said:

dv said:

Telomere a story and then I’ll go to bed.

Don’t silent k Now Any

idgi

DNA, it doesn’t quite work with the words I used, hence the silent K

Cymek said:

dv said:

Cymek said:

Don’t silent k Now Any

idgi

DNA, it doesn’t quite work with the words I used, hence the silent K

you’re better than this

Cymek said:

dv said:

Cymek said:

Don’t silent k Now Any

idgi

DNA, it doesn’t quite work with the words I used, hence the silent K

LTJTB

dv said:

Cymek said:

dv said:

idgi

DNA, it doesn’t quite work with the words I used, hence the silent K

you’re better than this

Yeah I admit it was a crap joke

Cymek said:

dv said:

Cymek said:

DNA, it doesn’t quite work with the words I used, hence the silent K

you’re better than this

Yeah I admit it was a crap joke

is this stool taken?

• Yeah I admit it was a crap joke

You would have been better off not explaining it…

• is this stool taken?

No dice…

furious said:

• Yeah I admit it was a crap joke

You would have been better off not explaining it…

or not making it

furious said:

• is this stool taken?

No dice…

hey, it was a crap joke…

dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-27/healthy-clones-dolly-the-sheep’s-heirs-reach-ripe-old-age/7663564

Four genetically identical copies of Dolly the famous cloned sheep, which suffered ill health and died prematurely in 2003, are going strong at the advanced age of nine, a study says.

Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy — identical sisters of Dolly, though born 11 years later — were “in pretty good health”, according to researchers who studied whether cloned animals can live long, healthy lives.

The quadruplets were made from the same mammary gland cell line that yielded Dolly — the first mammal cloned using a technique called somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).

Born 20 years ago on July 5, 1996, Dolly developed crippling knee arthritis aged five and died of lung disease at the age of six — about half the life expectancy of her breed of Finn-Dorset sheep.
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The data, said the team, was “compelling, indicating no detrimental long-term adverse effects of SCNT on the health of aged adult offspring”.
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Excellent work. But cloned “sisters” not cloned “daughters”, that’s a pity. Last I heard we didn’t know whether Dolly was grown from a stem cell or not. On the other hand, really nice that a viable cell line can be held in stasis for 11 years.

Divine Angel said:

I read this earlier. I understand Debbie has some evidence of arthritis but certainly not to Dolly’s point.

I wonder if their “personalities” are similar to Dolly, each other or the original sheep.

Good question. For donkey-racing purposes some donkeys were cloned from a famous racer. But the clones weren’t good racers, they didn’t have the same personality.

By the way the famous cat clone CC, which stands for “carbon copy” not “copy cat”, does not look at all like her mother, because of epigenetic effects. Wikipedia has it wrong on both counts.

> By the way the famous cat clone CC, which stands for “carbon copy” not “copy cat”, does not look at all like her mother, because of epigenetic effects. Wikipedia has it wrong on both counts.

Wikipedia had been corrected, before I said that.