Dolly: First mammal created by somatic cell nuclear transfer (jan 1, 1996 – dec 31, 1996)
Description:
Wilmut and Campbell created a lamb by transferring the nucleus from an adult sheep's udder cell into an enucleated egg. Never before had a mammal been cloned from an adult somatic cell. Of 277 attempts, only one produced an embryo that was carried to term in a surrogate mother. This famous lamb, named Dolly, brought cloning into the limelight. Her arrival started conversations about the implications of cloningAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1996
dec 31, 1996
~ 12 months