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First cloned horse born

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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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  1. Galli, C. et al. A cloned foal born to its dam twin. Nature, 424, 635, (2003).

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Pilcher, H. First cloned horse born. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030804-8

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