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Public Interest: Dolly the Sheep

Dolly the Sheep

One of The Roslin Institute's most iconic faces is that of Dolly the Sheep.

She was the world's first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell and she captured the imaginations of people world wide from scientists to taxi drivers on the other side of the world in Australia. Click on the links to find out more about the technology used to create Dolly and about her life as one of the world's most famous sheep.