Game of clones: Science is immortalizing Argentina’s top polo horses
Game of clones: Science is immortalizing Argentina’s top polo horses
A horse-cloning boom has transformed the game of polo, spawned a multimillion-dollar industry and raised ethical questions.
the extent to which this polo-obsessed nation has already fundamentally transformed the sport and the nature of horse breeding was evident on the field at the Argentine Open in Palermo in late November. As the players and the clones watched a video montage memorializing the late original champion mare, her name flashed across the screen.
“Dolfina Cuartetera,” it read. “3 February 2001 — ∞.”
"polo obsessed nation" is a bit of a stretch. Sure it's popular but among the very wealthy only. The average Argentine is pretty much indifferent to polo. Football (soccer) is clearly the national obsession. I'd dare say rugby and tennis have more fans than polo.
It's a really good article though
I'm sure less than 1% of Argentinian citizens are obsessed with polo.
Didn't Dolly suffer from premature aging due to her telomeres? The article seems to imply that using stem cells somehow fixed this, but how?
Dolly died due to a lung condition. Currently no one linked her death or aging to being a clone.
Similar diseases were shown in other members of the flock, and it was most likely due to being kept indoors for research and security reasons.