Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!ebi!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!west.cox.net!cox.net!rip!newsfeeds-atl2!news.webusenet.com!pc01.webusenet.com!fe02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: frankmi@i-2000.com (Frank Raymond Michaels) Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime.misc,japan.anime.evangelion Subject: Re: No wonder Rei Ayanami is so weird.... Message-ID: <3d83d7ea.4352242@groups.i-2000.com> References: <3D8246A1.E57FA36B@ev1.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Lines: 22 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 20:43:23 EDT Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 00:50:13 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:2655 On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:12:17 -0700, Poster Formerly Known as Anonymous wrote: > > >Matt Durrant wrote: >> >> That's hardly news. Didn't they have to clone Dolly the sheep hundreds of >> times before they got one that worked, so to speak? > >The process goes something like this: First, you need about 200 egg >donors. The DNA of the donor creature is inserted into each egg, and >only about 40 survive that process and show signs of fertilization. >Those that survive are placed in a female 'volunteer' (animals can't >volunteer, after all) in groups of 5 to 8, depending on the species. >Probability says that of those females, only one will actuall get >pregnant. And of the eggs inserted only 1 will actuall become a living creature. Sounds like way too much work just to get a sheep. How about a boy sheep, a girl sheep, and some Barry White music...? ---- FRM (Rubbin' wool, makin' mutton, whatever you wanna call it...)