In 1997, Dolly the Sheep Was Cloned

question 8

Multiple Choice

In 1997, Dolly the sheep was cloned. Which of the following processes was used?

• A) replication and dedifferentiation of adult stem cells from sheep bone marrow
• B) separation of an early stage sheep blastula into separate cells, one of which was incubated in a surrogate ewe
• C) transfer of an adult cell's nucleus into an enucleated sheep egg, followed by incubation in a surrogate
• D) isolation of stem cells from a lamb embryo and production of a zygote equivalent

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