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Published online 30 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030527-9
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Mule cloned
Racehorse replicas could follow their stubborn cousins.
Scientists and a mule-racing philanthropist are celebrating the birth of the first cloned mule - alive and kicking. The new arrival is the first equine animal to be cloned, and the technique that created him could prove valuable to racehorse breeders.
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