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In the 20 years since her birth, Dolly the Sheep has come to stand for many things, from the dangers of science to Scottish ingenuity. Dolly the sheep was born on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute just outside of Edinburgh. A Finn Dorset lamb born to a Scottish Blackface sheep, she was a clone made from a cultured mammary cell of a different ewe. Frogs had been cloned as early as the 1950s, and there had even been other cloned sheep at Roslin before Dolly, but those had all been made from embryonic cells that are developmentally flexible. Dolly was the first confirmed animal to be cloned from an adult cell. Despite the later significance of the experiment, cloning has never been the primary focus of the Roslin Institute. Its precursor, the Animal Breeding Research Organisation, had faced severe cuts in the Thatcher years and decided to redirect its focus from agricultural research to the brave new world of genetic engineering. Dolly was a side project in a longer programme that aimed

Dolly, like any celebrity, has attracted the attention of the press. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Dolly, like any celebrity, has attracted the attention of the press. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian The H word Science This article is more than 10 years old Dolly the celebrity sheep: a short biography This article is more than 10 years old In the 20 years since her birth, Dolly the Sheep has come to stand for many things, from the dangers of science to Scottish ingenuity. Dmitriy Myelnikov Tue 5 Jul 2016 02.45 EDT Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 16.40

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