Dolly the sheep goes on display
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Dolly caused shockwaves when her existence was revealed to the world.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland -- The preserved remains of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, have gone on display in Edinburgh.
Dolly, who drew worldwide attention when she was born in 1996, went on display at Edinburgh's Royal Museum Wednesday after being pickled and mounted.
She died in February 2003 from a lung tumor, and was donated to the National Museums of Scotland by the Roslin Institute, the Edinburgh research center where she was created.
"She will go on reminding people of the fact that scientific progress was made in Edinburgh which is making people think very differently about this aspect of biology," Dr Ian Wilmut told the UK's Press Association.
Dolly made shockwaves when born, a successful clone from a frozen cell taken from the mammary gland of her mother/twin who had died several years earlier.
But some argued cloning had serious ethical consequences.
She was named Dolly after the U.S. country singer Dolly Parton.
Dr Gordon Rintoul, director of the National Museums of Scotland, said: "Dolly is a striking reminder of Scotland's record of scientific achievement and her contribution can now be recognized for many centuries to come."
Dolly's skin was pickled and tanned to preserve it before being stretched over a fiberglass mould of her body, into which glass eyes were later inserted.
Dolly will initially go on display in the museum's Science Zone, one of the venues for the Edinburgh Science Festival, which will be launched Thursday by First Minister Jack McConnell.
She will be transferred to the Museum of Scottish Life in East Kilbride in July but will return to Edinburgh as a permanent exhibit in the museum in September.
The Edinburgh Science Festival opens fully to the public Friday.
