We could clone Messi, says genetic expert
Genetic specialist and head of the European Genome Archive, Arcadi Navarro, explained that it would be possible to create a clone of Barcelona's Argentine playmaker.
During a talk in the Cadena Ser program, Arcadi said that the technology is available to create a clone of Messi. "Yes, we could clone Messi with the current techniques and we would get something very similar to him. It would be like as if two twins had been born and one had been frozen 20 or 30 years ago,” he said.
However, the expert reiterated that what the Argentine has lived through, the education he has received during a lifetime of playing football, cannot be transferred despite the appearance and physical qualities being identical. Meaning Messi’s vision and understanding, which had been ingrained into him through years of playing football, is something that has to be developed.
"This person would have the same potential, but his [Messi's] qualities have a genetic component as well as others that are based on his education and environment. Messi is not who he is only because of genetics, but also for everything he has lived through, his education, his life in La Masia, the treatment he received. Genetics give us potential, it is then our job to complete it."
At 32, Messi has shown that with age and waning physical attributes, the mind must take over and his intelligence has shone through in the past few seasons with more cerebral attributes being showcased.
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