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Using What We’ve Learned

In 1997, a(n) named Dolly was introduced to the world. She was a(n) , or living thing that receives its DNA from one parent. Dolly’s DNA didn’t come from cells. Instead, it came from the cell of a female sheep. A Scottish scientist named grew this cell. He stopped the body cell from making a(n) of its chromosomes. Then he combined it with an egg cell and applied a small amount of . The cell began to divide as though it had joined with a(n) cell. A few days later the egg cell divided into a(n) . The ball of cells was then placed inside a(n) sheep.