Why do the male clones seem more similar to each other than the female clones do?
In Orphan Black there are at least two sets of clones: the females and the males. But the female characters (all played by Tatiana Maslany) seem far more different from each other than the males (Mark Rollins) do.
Is there a reasonable explanation for the diversity of characteristic of the females compared to the males?
Best Answer
The male clones grew up in the same environment (military) and were aware that they are clones. The female clones were not aware and were raised by different parents in different locations in the world. The male clones also began interacting with each other at an earlier age than the female clones, and thus had a stronger influence on each other (how siblings tend to be more similar because they learn from each other).
In an debate of nature v. nurture, I think the argument here could be that because the female clones have a diverse nurturing, there is a more diverse characteristic of female clones.
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What causes differences between clones?
Myth: Clones are always identical in looks. They have the same genes, but look a little different. That's because of the way those genes are expressed\u2014that is, how the information in that gene is seen in the actual animal.Are clones identical to each other?
Clones contain identical sets of genetic material in the nucleus\u2014the compartment that contains the chromosomes\u2014of every cell in their bodies. Thus, cells from two clones have the same DNA and the same genes in their nuclei.Are clones like identical twins?
Identical twins have the same DNA as each other, but different from their parents. A clone, however, only has one parent and has exactly the same DNA as that parent.Can a male clone be female?
"Use of the tail cells indicates that it is possible to clone either sex, and probably from almost any kind of somatic cell, as long as one figures out a way to cause the cell to regress to a primitive state and capitulate gene effects," said Robert Foote, professor of animal physiology at Cornell University.Greta Van Fleet - Highway Tune (Official Video)
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