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quote: COLLEGE STATION (Texas) - Rainbow the cat is a typical calico with splotches of brown, tan and gold on white. Her clone, cc (for carbon copy), has a striped grey coat over white. They have an identical DNA code, but different coat markings distinguish the original Rainbow (left) and her clone cc as their bodies use the same genes differently. -- AP Rainbow is reserved while cc is curious and playful. Rainbow is chunky; cc is sleek. The Humane Society might be inclined to say: I told you so. But then, so would cc's creators at Texas A&M University. Sure, you can clone your favourite cat. But the copy will not necessarily act or even look like the original.

Interesting. Where did the variation come from?

Correction of the article - the kitty is called Copycat, not Carbon Copy.

	23-01-2003 15:30									#2
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Probably due to genetic damage in transfer of nucleus, and in environmental factors (mainly in utero?)

	23-01-2003 15:32									#3
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IIRC, fur markings are like fingerprints; not predetermined by genetics, but instead due to a stochastic growth process. The general pattern is probably similar, but the exact pattern would be different each time you ran the cat through the mill...

	23-01-2003 15:38									#4
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Yes it is like fingerprints. It is determined by which cell goes where at the very early stages, and is determined by outside factors.

I wonder if you implanted a clone of Carbon Copy back into the same cat that beared CC you would get the same pattern tho..

	23-01-2003 15:41									#5
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Cool

Learn something new everyday. It's interesting too how fingerprint becomes fixed after birth. Somehow the outside influences became "etched" into person.

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quote: Learn something new everyday.

Indeed.

	23-01-2003 16:11									#7
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And aren't they cute!

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	23-01-2003 18:34									#8
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they're adorable.

all things posted are very correct. it seems that the shapes and the locations of the spots are not genetic, much like the retinae, and fingerprints.

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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Learn something new everyday.

Good thing I'm not the only intellectual here -- things were starting to get lonely at the latte bar, and this damned beret itches something fierce.

	23-01-2003 19:05									#10
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They now believe there was a fly in the transfer chamber...

	23-01-2003 19:06									#11
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Copycat thread.

	23-01-2003 19:07									#12
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Three in a row, all funny!

	23-01-2003 19:39									#13
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Haven't we seen this before? I remember there being a picture of the kitten in the mug.

Anyway, temperature often plays the most significant role in determining the color patterning on many furred animals.

	23-01-2003 19:54									#14
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Here's the original picture that everyone went crazy over:


With calicos you get a different pattern every time.

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quote: Originally posted by Andrew1999 With calicos you get a different pattern every time.

Make for good betting games.