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Mammal cloning cannot be endless: Mouse line fails at generation 58

There is a limit on how many times a mammal can be cloned before suffering "mutational meltdown," Japanese scientists have discovered, after making 1,200 clones over two decades that started off with a single mouse.

Mammal cloning cannot be endless: Mouse line fails at generation 58
Image: Phys.org
There is a limit on how many times a mammal can be cloned before suffering "mutational meltdown," Japanese scientists have discovered, after making 1,200 clones over two decades that started off with a single mouse.

Originally published at Phys.org

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