Cloning Sand dollars

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:25 am

An interesting new discovery about sand dollars

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... ceofdanger

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:39 am

Aren't you glad humans can't do that????

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:43 am

guess not, But there are some humans I'd love to see cloned but not very many

lurch · Post by **lurch** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:58 am

Dusty2 wrote:guess not, But there are some humans I'd love to see cloned but not very many

Subject #1

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Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:41 am

laivindil wrote:
Dusty2 wrote:guess not, But there are some humans I'd love to see cloned but not very many
Subject #1

:rr:

Subject #1 approved! Subject #2
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lurch · Post by **lurch** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:03 pm

Dusty2 wrote:
laivindil wrote:
Dusty2 wrote:guess not, But there are some humans I'd love to see cloned but not very many
Subject #1

:rr:
Subject #1 approved! Subject #2
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Subject #2 seconded. All in favor?

Subject #3

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:30 pm

What about the dollars in my wallet ? How can I make them clone themselves. They are in constant danger of being eliminated too ....

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:01 pm

Subject #1, for sure. Subject #2, ehhhhh, maybe, okay.

Subject #3:

http://www.girlskickbutt.com/images/gir ... ck_006.jpg

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:15 pm

Hey guys, take this elsewhere please unless you actually want to discuss Sand Dollars.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:21 pm

I love Mac & Jack's.

It was fun once stacking a bunch of sand dollar shells up during a safety stop once.

What is it about Sand Dollars that makes them so easy to clone??

A) I'm actually curious, and B) That should get it back on topic.

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:07 am

Good question. I also wonder if they're the only critters that do this, or are there others that we just don't know about yet?

lurch · Post by **lurch** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:25 pm

nwscubamom wrote:Hey guys, take this elsewhere please unless you actually want to discuss Sand Dollars.

Done. My apologies.

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:28 pm

As far as cloning larvae goes, the only other instance I know of is a species of Luidia in the Atlantic that does this. I haven't read the research paper yet- they may cite some others that I haven't heard of before.
I wouldn't be surprised if our own Luidia (sand star) and others can do it, but other than the famous regenerative powers of echinoderms, I don't have an explanation for it.

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