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{{Wikipedia|Cloning}} | |||
Cloning is a process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism by using their DNA. This technique is use by both [[Forerunner]] and [[Human]] | |||
==Applications== | |||
===Human=== | |||
{{Main|Flash cloning}} | |||
Flash cloning is a [[human]] medical process most commonly used to clone body parts.<ref name="fs125">'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 125''</ref> 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.<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 225'' (2011)</ref> | |||
===Forerunner=== | |||
{{Main|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]],<ref name="s18">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> roughly four years before the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 197''</ref> However, the Lifeworkers may have had to prioritize the preservation of some of these species over others due to their limited resources,{{Ref/Reuse|s18}} and a number may have perished with the destruction of the major preserves on the [[greater Ark]] and [[Omega Halo]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 307''</ref> 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.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 27''</ref> | |||
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.{{Ref/Reuse|FloodAd}} | |||
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