Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:06:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Murder at the Clone Convention
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Samuel Lubell <samlubell at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ... (hardly likely dental records would be different, body scars,
> weight etc.), ...

I disagree.  Genes are a recipe, not a blueprint.  Tooth decay, teeth
out of alignment, and scars are entirely acquired.  Weight is largely
acquired, as proven by people such as Lee Strong any myself, who weigh
far less than we used to, despite not having changed our respective
genomes at all.

Identical twins don't even have the same fingerprints.

"Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
> You seem to be assuming that all the clones will be identical as
> adults. There is no reason for them to be, unless all are raised
> identically.

There is no reason for them to be, even if all are raised identically,
except perhaps for absurdly unachievable values of "identically," and
probably not even then.

> Weight may depend in part on genes, but also on childhood diets.

Weight at any given time depends almost entirely on one's diet and
exercise over the past two years.

It's possible that different childhood diets of the clones would cause
some of them to weigh more than others even if they have had identical
diets and gotten identical exercise over the past several years.  But
if one of them wanted to weigh more or less than the others, they
could do so.
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