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从动物界飘逸超脱而出,并号称“万物之灵”的人类,居然与“无性生殖”这个词联在一起。乍一闻之,颇觉荒唐。然而,基因工程学、细胞工程学、组织胚胎学以及发育生物学的进展,都有迹象表明:人类的无性生殖,并不是子虚乌有的梦呓!最近,美国李平考特公司出版了一本书,名为《他的映象,人的无性系》(又译为《和他一模一样的人》)。由科学作家罗维克(D.Rorvik)撰。该书宣称第一个人类无性系男孩已于1976年12月诞生。这件事震动了整个西方世界,发生了尖锐的争论。现将法国《科学与生活》杂志与美国《科学》杂志的两篇书评,介绍给读者(本刊有删节),供大家了解这些情况。
From the animal world elegant detached out, and known as “the spirit of all things,” the human, actually with the “asexual reproduction,” the word linked together. At first glance, quite absurd. However, advances in genetic engineering, cell engineering, histology and developmental biology have shown that asexual reproduction of humans is not an illusion! Recently, the United States Li Pingcourt published a book called “His image, human clones” (also translated as “the same person as him”). Written by science writer D.Rorvik. The book claims the first human cloning boy was born in December 1976. The incident shaken the entire Western world and a sharp debate took place. We now introduce the two book reviews of Science and Life magazine and Science magazine in the United States to readers (we have abridged this section) for your understanding of these situations.