An haife ta ne a ranar 5 ga Yuli 1996 kuma ta mutu daga ci gaba da ciwon huhu watanni biyar kafin ta cika shekaru bakwai (ba a la'akari da cutar ba a matsayin clone). An kira ta "tumakin tumaki mafi shahara a duniya" ta hanyar kafofin da suka hada da BBC News da Scientific American. An dauki kwayar da aka bayar a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa ga cloning na Dolly daga glandan mammary, kuma samar da clone mai lafiya wanda ya tabbatar da cewa kwayar da aka dauka daga wani ɓangare na jikin mutum zai iya sake haifar da mutum gaba daya. A kan sunan Dolly, Wilmut ya ce "Dolly ya samo asali ne daga glandan mammary kuma ba za mu iya tunanin wata kwayar halitta mai ban sha'awa fiye da Dolly ba". Tambaya: Wanene ya san sunan Dolly?
Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut