Highlights in the history of cloning:
1952: Scientists demonstrate they can remove the nucleus from a frog egg, replace it with the nucleus of an embryonic frog cell, and get the egg to develop into a tadpole. This "nuclear transfer" transplants an animal's genes to an egg. The tadpole is a clone of the embryo that donated its nucleus.
1975: Scientists get tadpoles after transferring cell nuclei from adult frogs.
1986: Sheep cloned by nuclear transfer from embryonic cells.
1997: Scientists reveal Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from cells of an adult animal.
1998: More than 50 mice reported cloned from a single adult mouse over several generations. Eight calves reported cloned from a single adult cow.
2000: Pigs and goats reported cloned from adult cells.
2001: Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Mass., says it produced a six-cell cloned human embryo, in research aimed at harvesting stem cells.
2002: Rabbits and a kitten reported cloned from adult cells.
Dec. 27, 2002: Clonaid claims to produce first human clone, a baby girl.
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