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