时间:2019-01-26 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力文摘 English Digest


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Cloning Pets

 


Is animal cloning for real? I want to have my cat cloned.



Well, animal cloning technology exists, but pet cloning isn’t quite there yet. And it may never be. 



Why not? I could think lots of people could want to have copies of their pets.



That’s just a problem. A clone isn’t a copy. It’s a separate, individual organism. The only thing clone of Mr. Wolfs and Mr. Wolfs of themselves have in common is their genetic 1 sequence.



The only thing? Isn’t that everything? 



Apparently 2 not! As cloning technology has improved, more and more evidence has come out of clones that don’t look alike or act alike. For example, Ted 3 Friend and Greg Archer 4, both at Texas A & M, have cloned piglets.



They report that there is just as much variation in appearance among the clones as among the non-clones. Some have bristly coats, others not; some have more teeth, some fewer.



But wouldn’t a clone of Mr. Wolf at least have its charming personality?



Maybe not. The world’s first cloned cat was made by Duane Kraemer, also at Texas A & M. He reports that the clone has a different personality altogether than its clone mother–it’s much more friendly, in fact.





动物真的可以克隆吗?我想克隆家里的猫。



动物克隆确实存在,但是,宠物克隆现在还没有。估计以后也不会有。



为什么不呢?我觉得有不少人想克隆宠物吧?



因为你得考虑这样一个问题:克隆并非复制。克隆是独立的生物个体。沃夫先生的克隆产物(对话人中的宠物名字)和生物体本身唯一的共同点在于基因序列。



只是基因序列吗?不是所有的都相同?



当然不是!随着克隆科技的不断发展,越来越多的证明显示克隆并非看起来一样或行为一样。比如,德州农工大学的Ted Friend 和Greg Archer教授克隆了一批小猪。



报告显示在克隆猪和正常繁殖的猪并无二致,都存在生物变异。有的鬓毛较多,有的没有鬓毛。有的有的牙齿更多;有的牙齿更少。



克隆的宠物猫至少保留了讨人喜欢的个性吧?



也许不会哦!同是德州农工大学的Duane Kraemer研究出了世界上第一只克隆猫。克隆猫的性情和原来那只猫的性情大不同——友善了不少。


for real: 真的


clone:克隆




 



adj.遗传的,遗传学的
  • It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
  • Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
n.射手,弓箭手
  • The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.弓箭手拉紧弓弦将箭瞄准靶子。
  • The archer's shot was a perfect bull's-eye.射手的那一箭正中靶心。
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