Would you like to be special or common?

In Guter’s(2008) article entitled “Would You Like Fires With Your Clone?” he points out that clone meat and products are already entered the food supply and there is no evidence to show any problems. First, the U.S. food and Drug Administration and European Food Safety Authority both are say that the clone food is safety to eat. Second, he gives us an example and background on genetically modified (GM) foods. He says even though Europeans’ and Americans’ opinions are different, but both of them want labels on GM foods. Third, the cloned animals have the exact same DNA as the original one and the clone animals can make farmers have more money by milk and offspring because the farmers can make a copy of the high quality livestock. Fourth, the elite clone animal products are already put to the market. Fifth, even though the anti-cloning groups believe during the process of clone the DNA defects may cause problems but until now they still without evidence. In conclusion, some like clone animals and some is not, but cloning just is a new way to breeding, in author’s opinion.

Clone is big debatable issues after the scientists create “Dolly”. This sheep is a well-known sheep around the world because human produced her and she has the same DAN with the other sheep, which is not a twin to her. Scientists thought they are create a new page for technology. However it is wrong, we could see a lot of problems are following “Dolly”. Those problems involve biology, economy, and morality.

First, cloning could cause biological problems. The cloning technology may cause problem from copy DNA. Inside DNA has a lot of information about appearance and organ’s function. Normally, DNA is come from two different individuals. During combine two DNA, the new DNA could have chance to change and improve which can help animals and plants to fit the environment. However, cloning will stop this process. On the other words, cloning is an obstacle for speciation improvements. For example, if human’s DNA without chance to change, we were not the same with ape-man. In addition, cloning could make animals and plants disappear. If we just produce the valued animals, the valueless animals will disappear. For example, if farmer has three kinds of cows, the farmer will likes to clone the valued one. And the other two kinds of cows will be endangered or extinct. Cloning technology would be very dangerous for organisms.

Second, cloning could cause moral problems. Who is the mother for clone animals? For example, Dolly has the same DNA with the other sheep, but does Dolly’s parents are the same with that sheep? Parents for the sheep are not important, but if the scientists use cloning on human, it will be a big problem. In addition, clone is against nature. Generative propagation is the normal and nature way to have next generation.

Finally, cloning could cause economic problems. Many people will lose their job and market by cloning. Because cloning is a new and expensive technology, not everyone can offer it. So, the poor farmers will lose chance to compete with rich farmers. For example, the rich farmers can make huge amount of clones for their elitist livestock, so the poor and small farmers will be out from the market. In addition, clone livestock is several times price compare with sexual reproduction (the nature and normal way).

In conclusion, cloning is a new and interesting issue for a lot of people and it also sounds like great way to have a lot of high quality livestock easily. However, this unnatural way to produce life is wrong. Now, no evidence shows the disadvantages for cloning that is not means clone is a good thing. It is just because cloning is a new technology and the time is too short to know the follow-up.