First cloned horse was born in North America

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On Mar. 13, 2005, Paris Texas, the first cloned horse in North America was born at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University.

The privately owned colt was cloned from the adult skin cells biopsied from its genetic donor by French collaborating partner, Cryozootech, a company dedicated to preserving the genes of exceptional horses for their use in producing cloned offspring.

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Source: Texas A&M
Credit: Image: Courtesy Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences .