Slideshow: Mule Clone: Stubborness Pays Off

credit University of Idaho-Phil Schofield © 2003Idaho Gem and her surrogate mother. credit University of Idaho-Phil Schofield © 2003Researchers have cloned the first equine, a mule named Idaho Gem. This photo was taken one day after her birth, May 4, 2003. credit University of Idaho-Phil Schofield © 2003Researchers said Idaho Gem seems healthy and expect […]

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Idaho Gem and her surrogate mother.

credit University of Idaho-Phil Schofield © 2003
Researchers have cloned the first equine, a mule named Idaho Gem. This photo was taken one day after her birth, May 4, 2003.

credit University of Idaho-Phil Schofield © 2003
Researchers said Idaho Gem seems healthy and expect two more clones to be born this summer.

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The first cloned mule prances around a corral at the University of Idaho on her first day of life.