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The recent proof, by DNA-microsatellite analysis¹ and DNA-fingerprinting techniques,² that Dolly the sheep had indeed been cloned as Wilmut et al. claimed,³ and the report by Wakayama et al.⁴ of the successful cloning of more than 20 healthy female mice are likely to reactivate discussions of the ethics of cloning humans and to provoke more calls to ban experiments on mammalian cloning altogether. From the standpoint of biologic science, a ban on such laboratory experiments would be a severe setback to research in embryology.⁵ From the standpoint of moral philosophy, the ethical debate has been so obscured by incorrect assumptions . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Experiments in Cloning

Theories of Development

Outcomes of Human Cloning

Restricting Genetic Diversity

Cloning Yesterday's People for Tomorrow's Problems

The Connection between Genotype and Phenotype

Postnatal Environmental Effects on the Human Brain

Changes in the Brain with Use

Becoming Human

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