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Published online 6 July 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010712-1

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Imprinting marks clones for death

Unstable genes make normal clones unlikely.

Dolly the sheep celebrated her fifth birthday yesterday. Most cloned animals aren't so lucky: they rarely reach adulthood, or even birth.

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