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<blockquote data-quote="MY" data-source="post: 88723" data-attributes="member: 1649"><p>Good Question. Having spent many years breeding a highly inbred strain of performance dogs I have seen that all of them; though closely related, and maybe even very similar to progenitors, are unique individuals. What most folks don't realize is "identical" on paper is far different than the actual real life performance and physical traits and production ability that an animal inherits. Cloning is going to be no more "exact" than a super tight inbreeding with a high Wright's Inbreeding Coefficient IMO. Some clones may prooduce the average of the breed, some above, and some below it, just like 2 full brothers or sisters who may have very different EPD's.</p><p></p><p>This is my question to the "Pro-Cloning" faction out there though. If you are a seedstock producer and are committed to improving your breed, why stay stuck in the mud with yesterday's model? Shouldn't you or some other breeder have improved the breed by producing a new great and defining bull (or cow) by now? If said bull (or cow) did not produce offspring that equaled or superceded him/her in ALL areas of performance, then why breed to that individual via AI today, or worse yet his clone?</p><p></p><p>Animal husbandry is about going forward! I don't want to stay stuck in time breeding yesterday's old news, I want to be producing tomorrow's legends. I see guys that when the quality of their stock diminishes to a certain point, they go to the semen tank to "correct" what went wrong, and essentially start over again. I always wonder what makes them think they are going to get it right this time around when they fouled up last time and had to go backwards in their program in order to move forward? :roll: Food for thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MY, post: 88723, member: 1649"] Good Question. Having spent many years breeding a highly inbred strain of performance dogs I have seen that all of them; though closely related, and maybe even very similar to progenitors, are unique individuals. What most folks don't realize is "identical" on paper is far different than the actual real life performance and physical traits and production ability that an animal inherits. Cloning is going to be no more "exact" than a super tight inbreeding with a high Wright's Inbreeding Coefficient IMO. Some clones may prooduce the average of the breed, some above, and some below it, just like 2 full brothers or sisters who may have very different EPD's. This is my question to the "Pro-Cloning" faction out there though. If you are a seedstock producer and are committed to improving your breed, why stay stuck in the mud with yesterday's model? Shouldn't you or some other breeder have improved the breed by producing a new great and defining bull (or cow) by now? If said bull (or cow) did not produce offspring that equaled or superceded him/her in ALL areas of performance, then why breed to that individual via AI today, or worse yet his clone? Animal husbandry is about going forward! I don't want to stay stuck in time breeding yesterday's old news, I want to be producing tomorrow's legends. I see guys that when the quality of their stock diminishes to a certain point, they go to the semen tank to "correct" what went wrong, and essentially start over again. I always wonder what makes them think they are going to get it right this time around when they fouled up last time and had to go backwards in their program in order to move forward? :roll: Food for thought. [/QUOTE]
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