SH Archive Miracle Milly: dog was cloned 49 times

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The smallest dog on the planet has been cloned a record-breaking 49 times – making her a two-time world record holder. Scientists have created 49 genetically-identical dogs based on genes from the tiny Chihuahua, known as 'Miracle Milly'.

• The six-year-old pup was replicated by scientists hoping to unearth the genetic code behind her tiny stature.
• Researchers at the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in Seoul, Korea approached Ms Semler to clone her dog to try and determine the genetic code behind her size.
• To carry this out, scientists extracted cells from Milly and used the nucleus, which holds her genetic information, which was then transplanted to a donor egg cell.
• Since 2012, Miracle Milly was awarded the Guinness World Record for Smallest Living Dog, standing at less than 10cm (3.8in) tall and weighing just over a pound – the same as a large apple.
• 'Miracle Milly' purportedly weighed less than an ounce at birth, and could curl up inside the head of a teaspoon, leading vets to speculate she would not survive.
• However, the tiny dog has gone on to thrive, thanks to loving mum Vanesa Semler, 38, of Kissimmee, Florida, who fed the puppy every two hours using an eyedropper.
• World’s most cloned dog has been copied a record-breaking 49 TIMES

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[feralimal]

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Date: 2019-10-20 08:26:07
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KD: Yup

What are your thoughts on the KD? Do you think this is a fake story?

 

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Date: 2019-10-20 08:27:49
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What are your thoughts on the KD? Do you think this is a fake story?

Nope. It's just this cloning stuff is all over the place. Before they used to talk about moral aspects... not any longer.

 

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Date: 2019-10-20 08:37:21
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Imo it is only regular folks morals that stops this stuff being admitted everywhere.

 

[feralimal]

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Date: 2019-10-20 08:46:30
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Reading this article:
World’s most cloned dog has been copied a record-breaking 49 TIMES

It says:
"According to their owners, the pups have exactly the same personalities and looks, however, some are slightly bigger than Miracle Milly."

The owner says:
"'The clones all look like her, but they aren't her, they are slightly different in size."

They say the personalities are the same, but is that cloning? I'd think it was all about the physical side. If they were clones they would be physically the same, no? And you'd think some would smaller and that they'd be making a big deal of it, but they say they are all a different size (read, bigger).

I don't know...

How can we know whether they didn't just breed Milly with a similar looking dog? Perhaps doing a doggie ivf, or something...