A great technological and scientific advancement during this period was the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Dolly the sheep became the first being to be cloned in 1996 using a completely automatic adult cell and reprogramming her own DNA. Scientist then replaced an egg cell’s nucleus with an adult cell’s nucleus, which caused the egg cell to reprogram her DNA, causing in an embryo with the identical characteristics as the adult. This embryo was then entrenched in a
surrogate sheep, who birthed Dolly on July 5thin 1996. Because of Dolly’s early death in 2003, the cloning morals have been questioned and debated about.
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surrogate sheep, who birthed Dolly on July 5thin 1996. Because of Dolly’s early death in 2003, the cloning morals have been questioned and debated about.
Click picture for link to video of the process of cloning Dolly.