2012 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2012. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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is it true that dolly was able to sexually reproduce before she died
     Belen Hurle, Ph.D.: I am a Research Fellow in NHGRI's Genome Technology Branch and a Program Director in NHGRI's Intramural Training Office. I study primate genomes as a means to enhance our understanding of human evolutionary biology. Dolly proved to be a healthy and fertile sheep. She had a whirlwind romance with a Welsh mountain ram, and nature took its course. After mating the old-fashioned way, Dolly gave birth to a lamb named Bonnie in April 1998. In March 1999, she gave birth again, this time to three healthy lambs?two males and one female (no names were given to those).
Palms Middle School in CA (7th grade student)

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