Cloning
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Cloning is a process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism by using their DNA by natural or artificial means. This technique is use by both Forerunner and Human
Applications
Human
- Main article: Flash cloning
Flash cloning is a human medical process most commonly used to clone body parts.[1] Cells used during cloning must be taken from specific regions within the body. The process can be used to create organs, skin, blood, or other body parts needed by recipients in a short span of time. This allows the creation of blood cells for use in blood transfusions, or the manufacturing of nerve cells to repair certain types of paralysis.[2]
Forerunner
- Main articles: Conservation Measure, Reintroduction
Although the Conservation Measure spanned several millennia, escalating into a more widespread evacuation effort during the Forerunner-Flood war, the sheer number of planets in the galaxy meant that the Lifeworkers never had time or the resources to save even remotely all species. A total of 123 sapient, technologically-capable species inhabiting the three million worlds within the Forerunners' ecumene had been indexed by the project at time of the evacuation of Earth,[3] roughly four years before the end of the war.[4] However, the Lifeworkers may have had to prioritize the preservation of some of these species over others due to their limited resources,[3] and a number may have perished with the destruction of the major preserves on the greater Ark and Omega Halo.[5] On many of the indexed worlds, only a fraction of the sentient fauna would survive; on Earth, for example, only a thousandth of the large species could be saved according to pre-Array projections.[6]
After the firing of the Halo Array and the subsequent defeat of the Flood, the surviving Lifeworkers on the Ark, under the leadership of the new Lifeshaper, Chant-to-Green, began the process of repopulating the galaxy in a stage referred to as the reintroduction, sending all the races back to their respective homeworlds.[7]
Sources
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 125
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 225 (2011)
- ^ a b Halo: Silentium, page 18
- ^ Halo: Silentium, page 197
- ^ Halo: Silentium, page 307
- ^ Halo: Silentium, page 27
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
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