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by M95D 1207 days ago
> mutate until you get viable specimens

Mutations are very rarely viable. In fact, the original cloned animal mutations must be eliminated in order to have viable future generation. The only thing that (may) benefit from mutations is the imune system. See the problem with cheetah's lack of genetic variability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah#Genetics