In 1996 Dolly the Sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, born in Scotland
Dolly was a female Finnish Dorset sheep who lived from 5 July 1996 to 14 February 2003. She was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. Using the process of nuclear transfer from a mammary gland cell, she was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Her cloning demonstrated that a cloned organism could be created from a mature cell from a particular body part. She was not the first animal to be cloned, contrary to popular belief.
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