Clone Snafu Suspected: ” Scientists say they’ve found a reason why cloned animals sometimes drop dead or grow huge before
their time.
The paper, published in the June issue of Nature Genetics, suggests that “DNA imprinting” — a process
that the embryo’s genes go through in the early stages of sexual reproduction — goes haywire in cloned
animals.
One critic is giving the study the thumbs down, saying it was designed poorly and that it causes more
confusion than anything.” Wired
