Would Children of Cloned Men and Women Be Identical?

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Children of cloned men and women would not be identical due to the genetic variability introduced during sexual reproduction. Even if two cloned individuals mate, the process of meiosis ensures that the offspring inherit a mix of genes, leading to potential differences in traits such as eye color. This principle applies universally, regardless of whether the parents are clones or not. The discussion highlights the importance of genetic recombination in determining the uniqueness of offspring.

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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.
 
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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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