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Megan and Morag, the Glossary

Megan and Morag, two domestic sheep, were the first mammals to have been successfully cloned from differentiated cells.^[1]

Cloning

Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means. Megan and Morag and Cloning are Biotechnology.

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Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003) was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. Megan and Morag and Dolly (sheep) are cloned sheep, cloning and individual animals in the United Kingdom.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Embryonic stem cell

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre-implantation embryo. Megan and Morag and Embryonic stem cell are Biotechnology and stem cells.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Microinjection

Microinjection is the use of a glass micropipette to inject a liquid substance at a microscopic or borderline macroscopic level. Megan and Morag and Microinjection are Biotechnology.

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Nuclear transfer

Nuclear transfer is a form of cloning. Megan and Morag and Nuclear transfer are Biotechnology, cell biology, cloning and stem cells.

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Polly and Molly

Polly and Molly (born 1997), two ewes, were the first mammals to have been successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell and to be transgenic animals at the same time. Megan and Morag and Polly and Molly are animal duos, Biotechnology, cell biology, cloned sheep, cloning, individual animals in the United Kingdom, individual sheep, stem cells and vertebrate developmental biology.

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Roslin Institute

The Roslin Institute is an animal sciences research institute at Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, part of the University of Edinburgh, and is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Megan and Morag and Roslin Institute are cloning.

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