The Multiple Man
“The computer screen immediately showed: CLONE: The descendants produced vegetatively or by apomixis from a single plant; asexually or by parthenogenesis from a single animal; by division from a single cell. The members of a clone are of the same genetic constitution, except insofar as mutation occurs amongst them.
"That's it," I said. "Somebody's made clone copies of the President." "Hey now, slow down a minute fer us oL' country boys," Hank said. "What're yew—" Vickie explained, "Scientists ca...n take a cell from your body . . . any cell, like from your skin or a fingernail clipping, and reproduce exact copies of you from it. The babies grown from your cells would turn out to look exactly like you. You could make as many copies of yourself as you want, that way." "Exact duplicates," I said. "As many as you want." Hank wasn't as slow as he liked to pretend. "Y'all mean I could make a roomful of copies of me?" "Right." "Without sex? Just by takin' a few cells off the end o' my nose or somethin'?" I nodded.MoreLess
"That's it," I said. "Somebody's made clone copies of the President." "Hey now, slow down a minute fer us oL' country boys," Hank said. "What're yew—" Vickie explained, "Scientists ca...n take a cell from your body . . . any cell, like from your skin or a fingernail clipping, and reproduce exact copies of you from it. The babies grown from your cells would turn out to look exactly like you. You could make as many copies of yourself as you want, that way." "Exact duplicates," I said. "As many as you want." Hank wasn't as slow as he liked to pretend. "Y'all mean I could make a roomful of copies of me?" "Right." "Without sex? Just by takin' a few cells off the end o' my nose or somethin'?" I nodded.MoreLess
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