tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post3733934091038864557..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: You have no genotype, and you have no phenotype, either!Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-41574668562810041732013-08-01T17:02:24.328-04:002013-08-01T17:02:24.328-04:00Off by about the number of galaxies in the univers...Off by about the number of galaxies in the universe (100 billion). Teleporting one set of DNA (and, a cell, since DNA does nothing outside a cell (except degrade slowly) and that means the products of the mother's DNA, plus a cell's worth of mitochondrial DNA, will only get you a clone. <br /><br />And that will not be a clone of the teleported astronaut-to-be, but of one of his/her somatic cells from a blood or cheek sample, which is different from what s/he started out as when a fertilized egg.<br /><br />So what results will be a clone of the person's cheek! It will have some resemblance to the donor, sans the new somatic mutations happening upon arrival and embryogenesis in the spacecraft, and minus the donor's life-experience (and plus the clonee's life experience growing up in the spacecraft).<br /><br />Yes, quite an adventure. As we've said before, this should be funded by Hollywood, not NASA. Hollywood has the money and they don't have to pretend to be doing science.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-89653755331935655342013-08-01T16:17:56.862-04:002013-08-01T16:17:56.862-04:00Whoever you are, you are a mind reader and I'm...Whoever you are, you are a mind reader and I'm so happy for the link!!Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-3080762426470169942013-07-30T17:16:18.772-04:002013-07-30T17:16:18.772-04:00So the calculations on teleportation mentioned in ...So the calculations on teleportation mentioned in this article http://phys.org/news/2013-07-infinity-teleporting-humans-space.html and based on the assumption that "one cell contains enough information to replicate any other type of cell in the body" are way off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com