Chapter 148: Cloning (II)

"Clones have a large area of gene chain collapse after being exposed to the outside world because they can't evolve?"

After listening to Rucia's tirade, Robin finally understood why the DuPont family's human cloning project had not progressed after ten years of research.

"Yes." Rukia nodded in confirmation, "It's not accurate enough, but that's basically it." ”

"But as far as I know, some people have never opened the genetic lock in their lives, especially the first generation of astronauts, although they generally have space diseases such as osteoporosis, muscle atrophy, and cardiovascular weakness, but sudden gene cases are not common."

"Ha~ You mentioned another key point in the topic of human cloning." Rukia snapped her fingers excitedly: "In addition to providing a large number of new gene fragments required for genetic recombination for human evolution, non-coding DNA is not completely useless during the period of gene locking. In the state of human life activities, even if humans do not open the gene lock and enter the gene mutation stage, those non-coding DNA that sleeps near normal genes will briefly wake up when human beings encounter an existential crisis and play a role in regulating gene activity. According to the data from our experiments, about 30% of the non-coding DNA in the absence of a gene lock will briefly awaken when the body system is in crisis. They control genes like instructions, interacting with transcription factors that control genes on and off, and participating in the suppression or activation of genes. In this way, the human gene is fine-tuned without changing the original gene chain, so that human beings can safely survive the existential crisis within the tolerance of the existing gene chain. The first generation of astronauts will have a large number of space diseases but do not develop a large area of sudden genetic diseases, and it is this 30% semi-dormant non-coding DNA that is at work. ”

"Looks like the thirty percent of the clones' semi-dormant non-coding DNA won't wake up?" Robin had vaguely guessed the answer.

"Yes, because human clones are only copies of human genes, they lack the most important step in life reproduction, so even if we transplant the huge gene pool of blood relatives into the clones, these dormant non-coding DNA will not wake up on their own, and will not play any role in regulating genes at all. In addition, the pseudogenes of the special population of non-coding DNA do not show any signs of activity. ”

"Fake genes?" The term confused Robin slightly.

"Yes, this is a special group of semi-dormant non-coding DNA that makes up 30 percent of the total gene pool. Pseudogenes are similar to normal genes and are comparable in number to normal genes. The main role of pseudogenes is to shield normal genes, absorb the defects of normal genes, and make normal genes complete the adjustment by sacrificing themselves when life activities are disrupted. Its role is particularly important in major gene communities, as a bridge between normal genes and the dormant gene pool, and even the opening of gene locks and gene mutations for gene chain recombination are completed with its help. Speaking of this, Rukia spread her hands regretfully: "The rupture of the bridge of pseudogenes is the biggest flaw of cloning, and it is at this point that our DuPont family has been stuck for ten years, and we still can't solve this problem to this day." ”

"I want to ...... I already get a rough idea of what you mean......"

Robin rubbed his chin and muttered, "The genetic technology of the Hoffman Empire has completely overcome all the problems you mentioned above, which allows the clones of the Hoffman Empire to live and fight like normal humans. However, under the constraints of natural laws, their growth cycle cannot be greatly shortened, so the time it takes to train a clone warrior is roughly the same as that of a normal human soldier. If this is true, then the result seems to be within my reach. ”

Compared to what Robin had been worried about before, Rukia's conclusion made Robin feel relieved. You must know that at the moment when the current Emperor ** infantry was a clone, the first thought that came to Robin's mind was that the Emperor ** would quickly produce thousands of clone warriors. And now, after learning that the growth cycle of clones is basically the same as that of normal humans, this means that it is unlikely that the emperor of Wendini Planet will have an explosive number increase, so Robin's plan to attack Wendini Planet will also have the possibility of continuing to be implemented.

"Miss Rukia......" After looking down in contemplation for a long time, Robin suddenly looked up and asked, "I have one more question that I hope you can answer." ”

"As long as I know, I will tell the truth." Rucia took a sip of her coffee and replied with a smile.

"You see, the clone soldiers of the Emperor ** have the same growth cycle as normal humans, so in that case, why bother to research technologically complex cloning technology? Wouldn't artificially cultivating embryos in the simplest way of in vitro fertilization allow for rapid population growth? And this model is more efficient than breeding clones, and there are no after-effects, I don't understand why not this way? ”

Through human cloning, Robin came up with the idea of artificial insemination. In the old days, this was once used to solve the problem of infertility in humans. After hundreds of years of development, this technology has matured and can even be used to optimize and improve the genes of baby embryos during the breeding period. Robin wondered why the Empire, if its goal was only population growth, was not to resort to this more economical and efficient method, and to resort to human cloning instead.

"In vitro culture in artificial mode is indeed a more efficient and simpler method than human cloning culture, but in terms of genetic optimization, in vitro culture is far inferior to human cloning technology." Rukia admired Robin's quick thinking and patiently explained: "In the current era of human evolution, talent has become more and more important, and whether talent is superior or not is determined by intrinsic genes to some extent. In your case, you are a powerful warrior with exceptional talent, but your father does not necessarily have the same talent for fighting as you......"

"Maybe my fighting talent comes from my mother?" Robin didn't like people talking about his father and interrupted with some unpleasantness.

"Yes, it's possible, but it's not very likely." Rukia casually drew a triangle on the three-dimensional screen: "In the laws of nature, the laws of living things always present a pyramid pattern. The more high-end the species, the more at the top of the biological chain, its number will inevitably be scarce, and the reproductive cycle will inevitably be longer than that of other low-end species. The lower the species, the more at the end of the biological chain, the greater the number of species, the shorter and more efficient the reproductive cycle. ”

"The pyramid model of the biological chain is the most basic manifestation of the laws of nature, and the human beings who were once in the biological chain have crossed the shackles of the earth because of their own evolution, and have broken away from the most primitive competition for survival and the natural laws of the earth. However, the laws of nature are everywhere, and while humanity has emerged from millions of species, a new biological pyramid has gradually been created within humanity. ”

Looking at the pyramid that Lucia had drawn, Robin shrugged, "Your words make me think you're a fanatical ethnographer." ”

"I know that in a democracy like the Federation, which preaches equality for all, my words may offend a lot of people, but we're talking about science, not politics."

"Okay, I agree, you can continue." Robin made a gentlemanly gesture of please.

Lucia knew that Robin was still a little unimpressed, so she said in an accentuated tone: "The formation of an independent biological pyramid with a clear hierarchy within the same species is an inevitable process in the history of biological evolution ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］