Dolly the first genetically copied sheep is unveiled to the media at the Roslin institute near Edinburgh. Dolly was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. On 14 February 2003, Dolly was euthanised because she had a progressive lung disease and severe arthritis.


Dolly the first genetically copied sheep is unveiled to the media at the Roslin institute near Edinburgh. Dolly was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. On 14 February 2003, Dolly was euthanised because she had a progressive lung disease and severe arthritis.


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Location: Roslin Institute, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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