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First-ever demonstration of artificial embryo twinning
Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch proved that when sea urchin embryonic cells are separated, they can each grow into a complete organism. -
First Artificial Twinning of a Vertebrate
Hans Spemann separated two salamander embryos at a very early age, and they both grew into healthy salamanders. However, he also learned that if they had the embryo had already matured, the twinning would not be successful. -
Hans Spemann Finds that the Cell Nucleus Controls Embryonic Developement
Sperrman artificially placed the nucleus from an early embryonic cell into a fertilized egg. The egg grew into a fuctional salamander, thus proving that the nucleus of an embryonic cell is responsible for the complete growth of a salamander. -
First successful nuclear transfer
Robert Briggs and Thomas King transferred the nucleus from an early tadpole embryo into a a frog egg whose nucleus they had removed. -
First mammalian embryo created by nuclear transfer
J. Derek Bromhall successfully transferred the first mammal nucleus into a rabbit egg cell, resulting in a functional rabbit. -
First mammal created by nuclear transfer
Steen Willadsen placed a fertilized egg into the womb of a female sheep. The sheep gave birth to three live lambs. -
First cow created by nuclear transfer
Neal First, Randal Prather, and Willard Eyestone perform the same experiment as Steen Willadsen, except on a cow. It works. -
Dolly: First adult mammal cloned from an adult
Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell take a nucleus from the udder of an adult sheep and implant it into an egg. The resulting sheep is an exact copy of the original. -
First primate cloned
Li Meng, John Ely, Richard Stouffer, and Don Wolf clone the first primate. This is majorly important because it decreases the genetic variation in lab animals and shows that primates, and therefore humans, can be cloned. -
Human embryonic cells cloned
Shoukhrat Mitalipov and colleagues cloned human embryonic cells in order to create stem cells for a specific patient.