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Mammal cloning

Recorded year1996

Dolly the sheep is cloned from an adult cell.

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Built on

Livestock embryo transferRecorded · 1951enables
In vitro fertilisationRecorded · 1978enables

Led to

First cloned dogRecorded · 2005enables
Induced stem cellsRecorded · 2006enables
Human eggs made from skin cellsRecorded · 2025enables
Pig-organ transplantsForecast · ~2032enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.