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A revolutionary event in biology and medicine occurred in 1996 when scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland succeeded in cloning animals from cultured cells taken from a mature ewe. Dolly is the first mammalian clone created by transferring the nucleus from an adult cell to an unfertilized egg (with its own nucleus already been removed). Clones have since been produced from adult cells of mice, cattle, goats, pigs and other animals.
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Chapter 22: Animal Cloning
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(2006). Animal Cloning. In: The ABCs of Gene Cloning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28679-9_22
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