Re: Dogs - the real poop

["Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>]

Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, William Morris wrote:

> Clone sheep...clone dogs...it no longer matters the type of animal.  I 
> don't think it will take 15 years to start developing the furry friend of 
> your choice.

Ectually, (she says, going all British), the recent cloning of the sheep 
in Edinburgh had nothing whatsoever to do with any genome research.  The 
canine genome project, like the human genome project, is aimed towards 
mapping the placement of genes on the DNA chain - *not* with cloning 
animals, or even really with genetic engineering. 

Alianora
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Stephanie M. Thorson			|  SCA: Lady Alianora Munro
Dept. of Scottish History		|  Clan White Wing
University of St Andrews		|  Tarkhan, Khanate Red Lion

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