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Article: Researchers at Texas A&M clone cat
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- February 18, 2002
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(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas A&M University laid claim
to a unique set of bragging rights last week when a team of researchers
announced the successful cloning of a household cat.
The female short-haired calico, named "CC" for copycat, was born Dec.
22 and is reportedly healthy and active. Mice, cattle, pigs and sheep,
such as "Dolly," all have been cloned, but CC is the first successfully
cloned household pet. Scientists delayed the cat's birth announcement
to make sure her genetic copying was exact and to ensure she was healthy
and developing normally.
"With each new species cloned, we learn more about how this technology ...