CC (cat)
CC, for "CopyCat" or "Carbon Copy"[1] (December 22, 2001 – March 3, 2020), was a brown tabby and white domestic shorthair and the first cloned pet.[2]
 CC the first cloned cat, age 2, with her owner, Shirley Kraemer, in College Station, Texas | |
| Breed | Domestic shorthair |
|---|---|
| Born | December 22, 2001 College Station, Texas |
| Died | March 3, 2020 (aged 18) College Station, Texas |
| Known for | First cloned pet |
She was cloned by scientists at Texas A&M University.[3]
In 2004, Genetic Savings and Clone would go on to produce the first commercially cloned pet, a Maine Coon cat named "Little Nicky" who was cloned from a 17 year old deceased pet cat.[4]
On March 3, 2020, CC died at 18 years in College Station, Texas.[5]
References
- ↑ Science Magazine Report Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Westhusin, Mark; Lyons, Leslie; Murphy, Keith; Buck, Sandra; Lisa Howe; Rugila, James; Liu, Ling; Pryor, Jane; Kraemer, Duane (February 2002). "Cell biology: A cat cloned by nuclear transplantation". Nature. 415 (6874): 859. Bibcode:2002Natur.415..859S. doi:10.1038/nature723. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11859353. S2CID 4431855.
- ↑ Berkowitz, Lana (May 17, 2011). "First cloned cat turns 10". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/life/article/First-cloned-cat-turns-10-1383844.php. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ Jha, Suzanne Goldenberg Alok (2004-12-24). "The world's first cloned pet (cost $50,000)" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/24/sciencenews.genetics. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ "The world's first cloned pet CC lived long normal happy life before her death" (in en). CBS-DFW. 2020-03-03. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/03/04/worlds-first-cloned-cat-cc-lived-long-normal-happy-life-before-her-death/. Retrieved 2020-03-05.