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Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland, using the process of nuclear transfer from a cell taken from a mammary gland.
3 days ago · Dolly, female Finn Dorset sheep that lived from 1996 to 2003, the first clone of an adult mammal, produced by British developmental biologist Ian Wilmut and colleagues of the Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Feb 23, 2024 · After Dolly gave birth to her last lambs in September 2000, it was discovered that she had become infected by a virus called Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV), which causes lung cancer in sheep. Other sheep at the Roslin Institute had also been infected with JSRV in the same outbreak.
Jul 5, 2016 · W hen Dolly the sheep was born, 20 years ago this Tuesday, few took note of the remarkable lamb. To know what was special about her, you’d have to look at her DNA: she had been cloned from a cell...
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Jul 5, 2016 · The sheep, made from breast cells, was famously named after Dolly Parton, the American singer known for her large chest as well as her voice.
Jun 30, 2016 · Dolly at 20: The Inside Story on the World's Most Famous Sheep. From incubation in a bra to an afterlife under glass, how a cloned sheep attained celebrity status. By Ewen Callaway & Nature...
Jul 5, 1996 · Dolly the sheep. As the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell, Dolly the sheep's birth was of huge excitement both to the scientific world and to the public. Dolly is currently on display in 'Explore' within the Science and Technology galleries.
