Reproductive cloning
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Stem Cell
Somatic cell nuclear transfer used for the production of a fetus and delivery of a live offspring that is genetically identical the donor of the somatic cell DNA. Also see entries for Cloning and Therapeutic cloning.
The goal of reproductive cloning is to create an animal being identical to the animal that donated the somatic cell nucleus. The embryo is implanted in a uterus and develops into a live being. The first animal to be created by reproductive cloning was Dolly the sheep, born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland in 1996. See also Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).