(February 4, 2016 at 10:53 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 10:46 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote: So, which identical twin is human and which isn't? Only one gets "its own set of human DNA" and the other only gets a copy. If a human is ever cloned, will that clone be a human?
If not, why not?
Twins still have DNA that is separate from their mothers'. The argument that a fetus is basically a tumor or a cyst or that it is a body part of a woman are incorrect because if it were those things, it would have the woman's DNA. But they don't, they have their own, separate set of DNA, meaning they are not body parts of their mother, but rather, separate entities.
Identical twins have the same DNA as each other because they are identical twins. But they are not a tumor or a body part of the mom.
But only one gets it's own. The other still gets a copy.
And clones? There is a very high probability that human cloning will happen in our lifetimes.
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