AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep-the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell-is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Originally code-named “6LL3, ” the cloned lamb was named after singer and actress Dolly Parton.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 5, 1996, scientists at Scotland’s Roslin Institute announced that they had successfully cloned the first animal from an adult cell-a sheep named Dolly. Dolly was the first mammal to be successfully cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dolly was cloned by Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics, based near Edinburgh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The sheep, made from breast cells, was famously named after Dolly Parton, the American singer known for her large chest as well as her voice.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first cloned mammal Dolly was born on 5th July 1996. Dolly was cloned through the collection of a cell from the mammary gland of Finn Dorsett sheep. Simultaneously an egg was obtained from Scottish blackface ewe. Thus, two sheep involved in cloning Dolly were Finn Dorsett sheep and Scottish blackface ewe.