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'''Replicative fading''' is the degeneration of viable [[DNA]] from the practice of reiterative cloning - that is to plainly say, the loss of genetic information occurring when an organism is repeatedly cloned.
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After several generations of cloning, '''replicative fading''' becomes quite serious, and results in numerous errors in the chromosomes, eventually yielding a nonviable clone.
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Due to mutations in the DNA sequence, each successive clone has more deleterious conditions and genetic traits, a result of "genetic drift." <br> Eventually, this "fading" results in the complete inability for new viable clones to be created from the one before.
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The only solution to '''replicative fading''' that has been conclusively identified is to introduce DNA from non-cloned individuals.
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A loss of genetic information occurring when an organism is repeatedly cloned.  After several generations of cloning, replicative fading can become serious, resulting in subtle errors creeping into chromosomes, eventually yielding a nonviable clone.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 13:36, 8 September 2022

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Replicative fading is the degeneration of viable DNA from the practice of reiterative cloning - that is to plainly say, the loss of genetic information occurring when an organism is repeatedly cloned.

After several generations of cloning, replicative fading becomes quite serious, and results in numerous errors in the chromosomes, eventually yielding a nonviable clone.


Due to mutations in the DNA sequence, each successive clone has more deleterious conditions and genetic traits, a result of "genetic drift."
Eventually, this "fading" results in the complete inability for new viable clones to be created from the one before.


The only solution to replicative fading that has been conclusively identified is to introduce DNA from non-cloned individuals.