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Recent advances in forensic DNA testing are now paving the way for reforming the manner by which cases are resolved in courts of law through the way suspected offenders are apprehended during a criminal investigation. Firstly, the availability of new markers which are more variable across different populations, adds to the increased power of discrimination once more genetic markers are used. From the time when DNA testing only involved seven to nine genetic markers to evaluate if crime scene evidence matches a suspect’s profile, as well as to determine relationships, to the current battery of 21 autosomal markers and 23 male-specific markers, the capacity of DNA profiling to differentiate individuals has increased significantly. The use of automated and expert systems for large-scale analysis has also been found to reduce manual errors and to increase output per unit time. The use of several dyes in a single multiplex system provides more information from the same amount of genetic material compared to reactions targeting only one genetic marker but requiring the same amount of DNA that was common in the early 1990s.

What is a Clone

In biology, a clone is a cell or an organism that is genetically identical to another cell or organism.

How was Dolly Created? Dolly is different. She was generated from a specialized adult cell, not from an unspecialized embryonic cell.

some Brazilian biologists are pushing a more controversial idea: They want to save endangered species by cloning them.

The project is still in its infancy,

and no cloned jaguars or tamarins will likely be born anytime soon.

Cloning animal models of disease Much of what researchers learn about human disease comes from studying animal models such as mice. Often, animal models are genetically engineered to carry disease-causing mutations in their genes.

To clone or not to clone: that is the question. The prospect of cloning humans is highly controversial and raises a number of ethical, legal and social challenges that need to be considered.

As long as Animal cloning can offer medical benefits it should be investigated.

Cloning is stupid, sick, selfish and evil. There is no need for anyone to exploit animals for greed of humans.

I have absolutely no problem with animal cloning; it is a necessary step in the evolution of human welfare.

Cosmo and Retro were born 3 1/2 years ago.

Rintel had Astro’s DNA frozen twice and then paid $140,000 four years ago to a lab to insert the DNA into a donor egg that would be implanted into a surrogate.

Parkgoers have been fuming over the dogs’ bad behavior