EVOLUTION
SOURCES OF VARIATION IN A POPULATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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goat
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cat
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sheep
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cow
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dolly was cloned from a cell taken from the mammary gland of a six-year-old Finn Dorset sheep and an egg cell taken from a Scottish Blackface sheep.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dolly the Sheep was announced to the word with a paper published in 1997, in the journal Nature, succinctly titled “Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells”.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Samrupa is the world’s first cloned buffalo calf. Samrupa was considered to be India’s answer for Dolly sheep which lived for seven years. However, Samrupa was infected with a lung infection after five days of its birth and died. Although India has a huge livestock population there is still shortage of feed and fodder.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.