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Sorry to geek out but Nate Grey and Cable are not alternate versions of each other.

To be an alternate they would have to be born from the same mother.

But you say, Madelyne Pryor is a clone of Jean Grey.

Yes true, genetically the same.

BUT

I give you this: ovum are not cloned. As the foetus develops so does the eggs. And this is a COMPLETELY randomised shuffling of DNA

Hence its exceedingly unlikely that Nate Grey(though he looks similar) is the alternate copy of Cable.

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk, you may now have at it with the throwing of rotten fruit, I stand by my conclusions.
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@Longpatrol You're welcome, but wait, you were right, though the thinking is changing; here's an excerpt from the Wikipedia's "Oogenesis" (AKA "Oögenesis") page, under "Human Oogenesis":

Oogenesis

Oogenesis starts with the process of developing primary oocytes, which occurs via the transformation of oogonia into primary oocytes, a process called oocytogenesis.[11] From one single oogonium, only one mature oocyte will rise, with 3 other cells called polar bodies. Oocytogenesis is complete either before or shortly after birth.

Number of primary oocytes

It is commonly believed that, when oocytogenesis is complete, no additional primary oocytes are created, in contrast to the male process of spermatogenesis, where gametocytes are continuously created. In other words, primary oocytes reach their maximum development at ~20 weeks of gestational age, when approximately seven million primary oocytes have been created; however, at birth, this number has already been reduced to approximately 1-2 million per ovary. At puberty, the number of oocytes decreases even more to reach about 60,000 to 80,000 per ovary, and only about 400-500 mature oocytes will be produced during a woman's life, the others will undergo atresia (degeneration).[12] Two publications have challenged the belief that a finite number of oocytes are set around the time of birth generation in adult mammalian ovaries by putative germ cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood.[13][14] The renewal of ovarian follicles from germline stem cells (originating from bone marrow and peripheral blood) has been reported in the postnatal mouse ovary. In contrast, DNA clock measurements do not indicate ongoing oogenesis during human females' lifetimes.[15] Thus, further experiments are required to determine the true dynamics of small follicle formation.
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So you got it right, sir; the number of cells from which ova CAN get be generated is fixed, and sit around waiting for puberty; the graphic is

Longpatrol · 31-35, M
@Longpatrol YEAH!

So it's not EGGS which are set, per se, but the cells FROM WHICH the ova are generated!

Isn't that wild?

"Here. You'll need some of these in about 12ish years."
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
Excellent Excellent!
Bravo!

(God, and I thought I was a nerd...)

 
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