Chapter 148: Cloning (I)

"Clones grow and develop no different from normal people?"

Robin was stunned for a moment before he said loudly, "Are you sure you're not joking?" Is this your final conclusion? ”

Robin would say this because he thought it was ridiculous, in his opinion, cloning humans should be a quick consumable, and if clones and normal humans grow and develop the same process, then what's the point of making clones?

"You shouldn't question an expert's conclusions. Rucia was obviously upset that a layman questioned her academic authority, and she called up several genetic maps of cloned humans from her personal computer: "The growth and development of any organism must follow the biological rules of nature, and any form of birth will cause a certain degree of harm to the organism itself, especially for animals, whose complex physiological structure makes it difficult to shorten the growth cycle of the species." Of course, hormones can speed up the growth process of organisms when used in large quantities, but please note that this form of growth is limited to the growth of bone and fat. After shortening the growth cycle through hormones, all major internal organs in the organism will show signs of weakness, and the development of the brain will be completely restricted. As a result, animals born using this method have almost no motor or intelligence, and their life cycle is greatly shortened by the acceleration of the growth cycle. ”

"Mr. Robin~" Speaking of this, Lucia pointed to the disembowelment of the clone corpse on the operating table, and mocked: "A clone with no athletic ability and intelligence, no matter how fast he grows, what do you think is the use of such a creature?" Could it be that the Hoffman Empire cultivated clones just to slaughter and eat meat? ”

“……”

Looking at the almost dismembered clones on the operating table, and at the blood stains on her clothes and the back of her hands, Robin's words obviously made Robin shudder.

"I'm sorry, I'm not questioning your professionalism, just ......"

"I know that in your eyes, maybe you don't see the clone as a living life at all, you just use the clone as a tool. Since it is a tool, it will definitely be mass-produced. That's what you think, right? ”

Lukia's words pointed out Robin's true thoughts, which made Robin feel a little embarrassed, so he could only hide it with a wry smile: "That's right, this is indeed my opinion." ”

"You don't have to be embarrassed, in the Federation, 99 percent of the people hold this view." Rukia sat down again, lit a slender cigarette casually, squinted her eyes and took a deep breath, and slowly explained: "In fact, the Federation discovered that the Hoffman Empire had mature human cloning technology ten years ago, and the DuPont family began to study human cloning as a major topic at that time. ”

"Ten years ago?" Robin noticed this key vocabulary.

"Yes, you might find it hard to believe that the DuPont family has been working on human cloning for ten years and hasn't made any real progress." Lucia enlarged a genogram and explained in detail, "Actually, it is not difficult to breed a clone, and it can be done with the technology of the old days. But the real difficulty is how to keep the clones alive. ”

"Is it hard for clones to survive?" Robin asked curiously.

"That's right, clone creatures have poor immunity and basically don't have the ability to fight against external viruses. In other words, human beings are a species bred by the earth, so clones who are copies of humans may be able to live well on earth, but if the environment is changed to space or any other alien planet, then the clones will show extreme discomfort to the new environment, and will often die within two years due to the collapse of a large area of gene chains. Lukia shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "Two years is enough time for cloning pigs, cloning sheep, and cloning cows to play a role and provide abundant meat for humans, but two-year-old humans are worthless." Therefore, most people believe that the only way to make a clone work is to speed up the growth cycle of the clone. ”

"Looks like you've done something similar."

"Yes, such trials have been going on for ten years. We did have a group of clones grow to adult physique within a year, but this seemingly mature clone is worthless, barely even learning to walk, and brain development is stagnant while using hormones. Except for the most basic physiological instincts, these clones can't do anything, they're just a bunch of living garbage. In addition, after our experiments, we found that even when the clones reached sexual maturity, their immunity still did not improve. As soon as they leave the incubator where the fungus and virus are isolated, these clones will immediately face the invasion of genetic diseases, and within three days they will die due to the collapse of the gene chain. ”

"What you can't do, the Hoffman Empire did ten years ago." Robin gestured to the clone corpses on the operating table.

Robin had a face-to-face encounter with the clone soldiers, and judging from how they behaved at the time, they were exactly like normal humans. Not only does it have super athleticism and intelligence, but it can even use special abilities, which proves that the clones of the Hoffman Empire have even reached the point where they can unlock the genetic lock and mutate and recombine their own genes.

"Yes, I admit that the Hoffman Empire's biotechnology was ahead of our time, and that the time period when they had sophisticated human cloning technology should have been well before it was ten years ago. I guess it's going to be 50 years. As she said this, Rucia was visibly frustrated.

"Have you researched the cause?"

"Of course." Hearing Robin's question, Rukia suddenly came to her senses and opened several genograms on the computer: "There are 95 to 98% of non-coding DNA in the human genome, and these non-coding DNA do not act on any proteins or enzymes, nor do they affect the genetics. ”

Robin had heard Leona mention the above statement, and now when he heard Lucia repeat it, Robin immediately subconsciously said: "But more than 95% of these garbage genes will be activated after the human body opens the gene lock, and the recombination of the new gene chain in the process of gene mutation is completed by searching for suitable gene fragments from this massive amount of junk genes." ”

"Oh? You really surprised me~" Lucia didn't expect Robin to be a layman in the pure sense, which suddenly made her interested in continuing to talk.

"That's what I heard from hearsay."

"It doesn't matter where you hear it, the important thing is that since you understand this, you should be able to understand what I'm going to say next." Rucia snuffed out her cigarette butt and said in a tone similar to a joke: "Actually, humans are 99 percent genetically similar to orangutans, and 95 percent are genetically similar to pigs. ”

"This is the first time I've heard that." Robin looked interested.

Of course, the difference between three and five percent of genes is simply two percent of the total number of genes that play a role in the entire gene pool. The difference between more than 95 percent of the non-coding DNA that slumbers is the biggest difference between humans and other species. Lucia paused, giving Robin some time to understand, continued, "In the old days, scholars thought of genetic mutations... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］