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More lessons from Dolly the sheep: Is a clone really born at age zero?

  • Written by Jose Cibelli, Scientific Director LARCEL-BIONAND, Spain and Professor of Animal Biotechnology, Michigan State University
imageMore Dollies, cloned from the same cell line.Courtesy of Kevin Sinclair, University of Nottingham, CC BY-ND

In 1997 Dolly the sheep was introduced to the world by biologists Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues. Not just any lamb, Dolly was a clone. Rather than being made from a sperm and an egg, she originated from a mammary gland cell of...

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