Genetics and Environment — Why the First Cloned Cat Looked Nothing Like Her Mom and Other Stories
5 min readSep 9, 2020
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In 2001, Texas A&M University made history with the birth of a kitten named CC.
CC was the first ever cloned cat. Her gene mother was a calico cat named Rainbow.
CC?
CC wasn’t calico. At first they thought they had an oops…how did they clone a calico…