Would Children of Cloned Men and Women Be Identical?

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The discussion centers on the genetic implications of cloning and reproduction. It clarifies that children born from two cloned men and two cloned women would not be identical due to the genetic mixing that occurs during sexual reproduction. Even if a cloned man and woman have two children, they would not be identical because the process of meiosis introduces genetic variation. The conversation also touches on the randomness of genetic traits, such as eye color, and emphasizes that identical twins marrying each other would not guarantee identical offspring either. Overall, the consensus is that sexual reproduction inherently leads to genetic diversity, making identical offspring unlikely.
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If two cloned men had sex with two cloned women, would their children be identical?
 
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If one man and one woman have two children, are they identical?
 
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If two cloned men throw dice, will the numbers be the same?
 
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Apparently when they cloned Dolly in the 90s, security guards caught a pair of identical twin farmers trying to sneak into the lab
 
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If two pairs of identical twins marry each other will their kids be identical?

No, OP, the answer is no.
 
They wouldn't even be identical if the one cloned man and the one cloned woman had two babies, both via sex.

The key is 'sex'. Sex is a process of mixing genes, and it's a crap shoot every time.
One might get blue eyes; the other brown.
 
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