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Published online 7 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030804-8

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First cloned horse born

Immunologists and stud farmers welcome healthy foal copy.

The world's first cloned foal has been born - to her genetically identical mother1. Previous celebrity clones, including Dolly the sheep, received their DNA from a donor but were raised in the wombs of unrelated surrogates.

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