Sure Zandor I will write one up for you all. Gimme a few days.

Let me shine some light on the cloning / age issue.

This was first discovered when Dolly the sheep was cloned and it opened new insight into the genetics of cloning....


When a clone is taken, the exact genetic copy is made.

Dolly the sheep was made from cells taken from a 6 year old mother sheep. Sheeps live to be about 12.

Dolly the sheep lived bright happy and healthy for 6 years...or....ONE HALF the average life span.

When finding out why Dolly and all other cloned animals were dieing at one half the age of normal life expectancy, research began.

It was then discovered that as cells age, genetic strands are lost each time a cell duplicates. So when the cells are originally harvested from the mother, they are AGED CELLS.

Dolly the cloned sheep lived 6 years....or....exactly the same age as her orignal cells should have lived. And did.

So if a horse lives to an average of 20 years, and you clone from the mother at age 15 years, the resulting cloned horse will only live about 5 years.

Taking clones and making them mothers and then cloning those, etc....will weaken the gene pool as the clones age per the original genes, regardless of the age of the clones.

This is why if you are young, or have kids, TAKE AND PRESERVE DNA SAMPLES NOW. The younger the better.

As for tomato plants, clones from clones from clones, will have exaggerated declines in potency. If super strong tomatos, it will be difficult to notice....however, rest assured the age is still tied back to the originating source no matter what or when and the genes continue the inevitable decline.