Contrary to films
and books and pop myth, clones might
not look like their source!
Here's the DNA
donor, the confirmed clone, and
the explanation:
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"However, for those with the financial wherewithal and the urge to replicate your aging cat, a few words of caution are advisable. First, your cloned cat will not be an exact duplicate of your first cat. Indeed, CC is not an exact replica of her genetic mother, Rainbow, who is a calico. CC has many of her mom's markings, but apparently lacks the calico X chromosome containing a gene for orange coat color. The reason behind this involves a complicated description, but apparently centers on the theory that the nuclear transfer process used by the Texas researchers "does not reset X-activation, and also that the cumulus cell used had an orange coat gene on the inactivated X-chromosome," according to this explanation by Gene Savings & Clone."