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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Add-on — History & Identity

What was Dolly the sheep, and who produced her?

A) The world's first sheep bred with human genes, produced by the Roslin Institute in 1998
B) The first mammal ever to be successfully cloned, produced by Sir Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell in 1996
C) A genetically modified sheep that could produce human insulin, created in 1994
D) The first animal born using artificial insemination, produced in Scotland in 1990

Correct answer: The first mammal ever to be successfully cloned, produced by Sir Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell in 1996

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal ever to be successfully cloned, was created in 1996 by a scientific team led by Sir Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell.

Related handbook facts

In 1996, British scientists Sir Ian Wilmut (1944–) and Keith Campbell (1954–2012) led the team that produced Dolly the sheep, the first mammal ever successfully cloned.

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