Northwest A&F University Cloned Animal Base reported on 1st of May that cloned goat Yangyang died at the age of 16. Yangyang was the first the first goats cloned from adult cells and has been significant to China’s somatic cell cloning technology development.

Yangyang’s specimen has been prepared and will meet with the visitors soon.

June 16th, 2000, the world’s first somatic cell cloned goat Yuanyuan was born in NWAFU

June 22nd, 2000, cloned goat Yangyang was born

August 8th, 2001, Yangyang gave birth to a pigeon pair

Four generations

Yangyang’s 15th birthday

Yangyang’s specimen

Translated by: Zhao Rui
Proofread by: Yan Xianhu