Sheep
- From early embryonic cells by Steen Willadsen (1986). Megan and Morag cloned from differentiated embryonic cells in June 1995.
- Dolly (1996–2003), first cloned mammal from somatic cells
- Polly and Molly (July 1997), first transgenic cloned mammal
- Royana (2006) cloned in Royan Research institute in Isfahan, Iran.
- Oyalı and Zarife were cloned in November 2007 in Istanbul University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Read more about this topic: List Of Animals That Have Been Cloned
Famous quotes containing the word sheep:
“The little Jesus came to town;
With ox and sheep He laid Him down;
Peace to the byre, peace to the fold,
For that they housed Him from the cold!”
—Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935)
“I’m hurt, hurt and humiliated beyond endurance, seeing the wheat ripening, the fountains never ceasing to give water, the sheep bearing hundreds of lambs, the she-dogs, until it seems the whole country rises to show me its tender sleeping young while I feel two hammer-blows here instead of the mouth of my child.”
—Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
—Bible: New Testament Matthew 10:16.
Jesus, sending forth the Apostles.