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Imaginary-Test-9384 t1_j6aw9s3 wrote

Reply to comment by slumette in California zoo clones critically endangered horse using 42-year-old DNA by speckz

I'm pretty sure dolly died of unrelated lung illness, and there is no evidence linking it to the cloning.

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slumette t1_j6b9sp2 wrote

But did the original sheep die of a similar thing? I swear there was a scientific article that suggested since genetically when she was born she was already 6 years old, since that's how old the original Dolly was. So her living another 6 years was kinda like she already made it to 12? Cloning is still super confusing lmaooo

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OGStreetCartoonist t1_j6bkbg0 wrote

You could be referring to something with the telomeres. I think the original cloning method used to clone dolly could run into an issue since they were replicating dna from a somatic cell. I dont think using gametes would run into this issue. Someone correct me if im mistaken.

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