Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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Send in the clones...

Jazz710 wants KBLB to create homozygous clonal silkworms to use for the breeding population. Problem: It's almost impossible to create these outside of cloning the full animal itself.

We start by adding the genes we want to both a male and a female silkworm. Then we can breed these together and the offspring may be homozygous in the sense that both strands of DNA have the correct genes that we want. But there are lots of differences in the DNA that come from each parent.

Genetic crossover is nature's way of stirring the gene pool with the precise purpose of preventing clones, and it works just as intended. Except when we want to insert genes, inhibit others, and have everything breed true.

You can still get crossovers that will affect gene expression, even if the strands have the same DNA in approximately the same place.

I'm guessing it might take 5 to 10 generations to achieve the stability that KBLB wants. We may be looking at a year before they can produce DS within the necessary quality.

Not good news from my perspective. Yes, they understand what has to be done and they have the tools to do the job. No, they aren't selling shares to dilute stock. Yes, they could run out of money before they hit their target goal. No, KT won't share enough information with us so that shareholders can make an informed decision. Yes, I'm hanging around anyway...