So being curious how cloning worked, I went and asked my bio-friend ungsunghero. The following may be over-simplified, but you should be able to get a grasp on how it works. Apparently to clone mammals, all you need is an egg of the same species and genetic information of the mammal you want to clone. A sperm is not required, which was quite shocking to me. To clone a mammal, you remove the entire nucleus from the egg and replace it with a nucleus from a donor cell. By doing this, you completely trash the original genetic information that the egg carried and by replacing it with a nucleus from a donor cell, you’ve given it the full set of genetic information instead of of half set that the original nucleus had. That’s why a sperm is NOT required at all. And with the full set of DNA, it can start generating cells and creating the mammal once you put it back inside a host.<\/p>\n
You can read more about it at Summary of all published reports on mammalian cloning – Somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning) efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wikipedia: Somatic cell nuclear transfer<\/a> (from decathanerd). Another confirmation on how it works. Apparently, it’s suppose to be as simple as sticking a needle into a egg, sucking out the nucleus, and then injecting the new nucleus. It is then stimulated in such a way that it begins to divide<\/em>. Wonder what that really means…<\/ins><\/p>\n Random Crap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Doki Doki Panic: Special Feature<\/a> (from ungsunghero) – Did you know Super Mario Bros. 2 was just a skin on a completely different game released in Japan called Doki Doki Panic? They actually made a Super Mario Bros. 2 that was a sequel to the 1st one (no pulling turnips from the ground), but decided this should be the sequel instead. However, this game was released later known as Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels<\/a>.<\/p>\n SONGS TO WEAR PANTS TO<\/a> (from deadlock) – I make songs in any genre, for free or for money, based on instructions people send me.<\/em> This guy is so awesome! You should definitely check out some of the songs he made:<\/p>\n Several flash videos actually used the songs he made:<\/p>\n Mortal Kombat VS Street Fighter<\/a> (from ungsunghero) – Apparently this is the 1st one that came out before the 2nd one I posted a day ago. There’s actually quite a few of these at The Kobmat Pavilion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Laser etched Powerbook!<\/a> (from \/.) – I didn’t really plan using a $20,000 laser cutter on my 17″ Powerbook to etch a 19th-century engraving of a tarsier, a nocturnal mammal related to the lemur (also the vi book cover image, from O’Reilly), but it seemed like it had to done. The results are stunning – photos and more…<\/em><\/p>\n
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