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⬤ LOW 05 Jul 2026, 08:45 UTC

Dolly, the sheep that stands as an icon for cloning

On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep was born. The existence of Dolly – the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell – wasn’t revealed to the world until February 22 the following year. Thirty years on after Dolly’s birth, A.S.Ganesh tells you some secrets about her and the debates that centred around her…
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