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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

My major concern is that if something unexpected
happens it might be too late to correct.   Example:
for some unknown reason the 10th generation after
cloning has an undesirable mutation.  With the old
system of selective breeding, I'm sure, that would be
cought before it became a problem.  With cloning and
any genetic manipulation the negative carachtoristic
might already be passed on before it could be stopped.
Sounds like an old science fiction movie?  yes!  But
I'm afraid there would be no entertaining drama with
this.
Van Dell

--- Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com> wrote:

>
> My concern is not with safety, but with the safety
> net. The more
> cloned animals that are raised, if this becomes
> truly economically
> viable, the less genetic diversity there will be.
> Genetic diversity,
> in my opinion anyway, is part of our food security.
> For example, if we
> have some major disease, there are often genes
> within the gene pool
> that provide greater resistance to the disease. The
> smaller the gene
> pool, the less chance that the needed genes will
> still be there.
> 
> It is a good time to be raising one's own, isn't it?
> 
> Gloria
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