Iran Says First Cloned Sheep Thriving

January 1, 2008 By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Iran Says First Cloned Sheep Thriving (AP)

A shepherd holds Royana, Iran's first surviving cloned sheep, in Isfahan, 234 miles (390 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Iranian scientists said Monday that the country's first cloned sheep is thriving 15 months after birth, eating well and frolicking among a flock of normal sheep. The cloned male sheep named Royana was born Sept. 30, 2006 in the historic central city of Isfahan, less than two months after the country's first cloned animal, also a lamb, died within minutes of birth. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

(AP) -- Iranian scientists said Monday that the country's first cloned sheep is thriving 15 months after birth, eating well and frolicking among a flock of normal sheep. The cloned male sheep named Royana was born Sept. 30, 2006 in the historic central city of Isfahan, less than two months after the country's first cloned animal, also a lamb, died within minutes of birth.



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