Question Cloning Question

I was thinking about the Transformers character for some reason then I got wondering: If you cloned Razor would the close come out looking human (As Jack would have had henot gone rage machine) or fangs, scales, and claws?

Cryptic wrote: I was thinking about the Transformers character for some reason then I got wondering: If you cloned Razor would the close come out looking human (As Jack would have had henot gone rage machine) or fangs, scales, and claws?

I've just finished reading Innate by Kevin Mitchel, which prompts me to ask a couple of questions about the scenario. Specifically, is the DNA sample from before or after he manifested, and did the manifestation change his DNA?

In cases 1 and 2A, the clone would probably look like Jack's identical twin. In case 2B (the manifestation changed the DNA), there's no obvious way of telling, because the post-manifestation DNA may not be capable of building a body from scratch.

On the gripping hand, if the cloning technology doesn't depend on the usual developmental program in the DNA, who knows?

Cryptic wrote: I was thinking about the Transformers character for some reason then I got wondering: If you cloned Razor would the close come out looking human (As Jack would have had henot gone rage machine) or fangs, scales, and claws?

Any type of working healing has to have a "pattern" from which to reconstruct lost parts, usually that's DNA or at least starts with DNA. That whole cell division thing being important to most natural lifeforms on the planet. A clone built from Jack's cells collected post manifestation will not give you a copy of Erin Carlyle, because even if the physical changes were all a result of his Avatar trait, high regen tissue makes copies of itself, not of what used to be. That's what makes regen blood and milk a biohazard.

Or, his cells could be so far outside the norms that the cloning process used was based on that the clone may not be viable.

If you somehow had collected viable cells from before Jack's manifestation, you might end up with a clone of Erin Carlyle. The clone would have an unactivated MGC that probably will not produce another Razorback as a result of manifestation, because Jack's Avatar trait would react differently to hosting a different (or missing) spirit.

Also: we have a couple of, shall we say, unfinished experiments on whether the powers (and syndromes) a mutant will manifest are predetermined. Shelley Carson has been "reincarnated" into what's essentially a clone of her body, minus her MATD, and possibly minus her power manifestation. I don't think we have been shown whether she has any powers yet.
And then there's Valerie Hinson, who was de-aged and de-manifested, and might manifest again with the same powers. Or different powers. Or not manifest at all. It remains to be seen.

Sir Lee wrote: Also: we have a couple of, shall we say, unfinished experiments on whether the powers (and syndromes) a mutant will manifest are predetermined. Shelley Carson has been "reincarnated" into what's essentially a clone of her body, minus her MATD, and possibly minus her power manifestation. I don't think we have been shown whether she has any powers yet.
And then there's Valerie Hinson, who was de-aged and de-manifested, and might manifest again with the same powers. Or different powers. Or not manifest at all. It remains to be seen.

Don't forget Belphebe she inherited her progenitor powers including his affinity for working with others devices. With a bit of magic added on.