Bookmarks 100 : Cloned animals

Cloned animals

Sea urchin
Year: Late 1880s
A German embryologist made one of the first attempts at cloning with dividing sea urchin cells.

Tadpoles
Year: 1952
Two American scientists experimented on amphibians to do their part to further the science of cloning. See pictures of tadpoles.

Masha the Mouse
Year: 1986
Masha was the first successfully cloned mammal. Another mouse was the first mouse cloned from an adult cell that survived to adulthood.

Polly &a Molly the sheep
Year: 1997
Polly and Molly came from the same institute as Dolly.

Cloned piglets
Year: 2000
A litter of five piglets was produced by the same company that cloned Dolly

Ombretta the mouflon
Year: 2000
The European mouflon was the first clone of an endangered mammal species to survive.

CC the cat
Year: 2001
CC was the first cloned cat and pet, but she didn't look or act like much like the original.

Prometea the horse
Year: 2003
Prometea was the first cloned horse and had an unusual link to her mother. See pictures of her. In 2008, she gave birth to her own foal

Snuppy the Afghan hound
Year: 2005
A controversial South Korean scientist was instrumental in creating Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog. See pictures of the dog. He became a father a few years ago

Missy the dog
Year: 2007 & 2008
Missy was the inspiration for the Missyplicity Project, which morphed into this research firm. Four puppies were cloned from the family pet's DNA after she died. The company is no longer cloning dogs

Trakr the German shepherd
Year: 2009
Trakr was cloned after his amazing Sept. 11 story won a contest sponsored by the biotech company started by Missy's owners. See pictures of Trakr and the puppies. He died in 2009.