Always wondered (Score: 1) by fnj@pipedot.org on 2014-11-20 14:48 (#2V4P) If they clone one, and then clone another bunch from that one, and so on, would that lead to the same kind of ill effects as inbreeding? Re: Always wondered (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-11-20 17:53 (#2V4R) Yes, of course. But does it matter? You will never have huge mammoth herds. At best a few zoos get one. If the offspring shows defects, it just isn't used for breeding.Population bottlenecks happen and happened naturally:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneckSpecies still survived. Some without human intervention.
Re: Always wondered (Score: 1) by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-11-20 17:53 (#2V4R) Yes, of course. But does it matter? You will never have huge mammoth herds. At best a few zoos get one. If the offspring shows defects, it just isn't used for breeding.Population bottlenecks happen and happened naturally:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneckSpecies still survived. Some without human intervention.