Cloned sheep: Sisters of Dolly have lives as long as natural-born sheep

By Marcus Strom
Updated July 28 2016 - 5:29am, first published July 27 2016 - 11:56am
Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy. Sheep cloned from the same mammary gland cell line as the world's first cloned animal, Dolly the sheep. Photo: University of Nottingham
Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy. Sheep cloned from the same mammary gland cell line as the world's first cloned animal, Dolly the sheep. Photo: University of Nottingham

Poor Dolly. The world's first cloned sheep was created in 1996 and then died relatively young, aged six, suffering osteoarthritis.

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