cloning

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Dolly the sheep

Hwang Woo Suk and Gerald Schatten

Will cloning bring the woolly mammoth back to life?

How Dolly the sheep was cloned

CC, the first cloned cat

Dolly the sheep and her cloning

Can cloning save endangered species?

Learn how somatic cell nuclear transfer is used for reproductive and therapeutic cloning

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Also Known As	reproductive cloning

Did You Know?

The sea urchin was the first organism cloned.
Fully cloning a human is banned under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Every navel orange is a clone of a genetically mutated Brazilian orange.

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Dolly the sheep

Hwang Woo Suk and Gerald Schatten

CC, the first cloned cat

Dolly the sheep and her cloning

Will cloning bring the woolly mammoth back to life?

How Dolly the sheep was cloned

Can cloning save endangered species?

Learn how somatic cell nuclear transfer is used for reproductive and therapeutic cloning

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How Easy Is It to Clone Your Pet?CC, The First Cloned Cat nuclear transfer clone science biotechnology genetic engineering de-extinction optogenetics tissue engineering microarray viral vector biochip

Key People

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Gordon L. Woods

American equine reproduction specialist

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Steen Willadsen

Danish embryologist

John Gurdon

John Gurdon

British biologist

Lanza, Robert P.

Robert P. Lanza

American scientist