DesertFox
06-04-2006, 09:24 PM
Two cloned mules finished third and seventh in a Nevada mule race on Sunday, disappointing the scientists who created them a day after each animal won its respective elimination heat.
But winning aside, scientists said the strong performances of the mules, named Idaho Gem and Idaho Star, will be key to showing the public that the controversial technology produces normal, healthy animals.
More here (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2006-06-05T012302Z_01_N04224168_RTRUKOC_0_US-SCIENCE-CLONES.xml&src=rss&rpc=22) if you really want it
But winning aside, scientists said the strong performances of the mules, named Idaho Gem and Idaho Star, will be key to showing the public that the controversial technology produces normal, healthy animals.
More here (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2006-06-05T012302Z_01_N04224168_RTRUKOC_0_US-SCIENCE-CLONES.xml&src=rss&rpc=22) if you really want it