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Break from the Grind July 5, 2011
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Who Was Dolly the Cloned Sheep Named After?
July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On this day in 1996, Dolly the sheep - the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell - was born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
Reported by Nevin E. Adams
Answer: Dolly Parton
The name of the buxom country singer was reportedly suggested by one of the stockmen who assisted with Dolly’s birth….after he learned that the animal was cloned from a mammary cell.
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