Editing 1996 in science (section)

==Biology==
* July 5 – [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly]] the [[sheep]], the first [[mammal]] to be successfully [[Cloning|clone]]d from an adult cell, is born at [[The Roslin Institute]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1997: Dolly the sheep is cloned|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_4245000/4245877.stm|website=BBC News|accessdate=20 February 2018|date=22 February 1997}}</ref>
* August 6 – [[NASA]] announces that the [[Allan Hills 84001]] [[meteorite]] thought to originate from [[Mars]], may contain evidence of primitive life-forms;<ref>{{cite web|title=CNN - Ancient meteorite may point to life on Mars - Aug. 7, 1996|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/9608/06/mars.life/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423002616/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/9608/06/mars.life/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2010|website=CNN|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> further tests are inconclusive.
* The [[yeast]] ''[[Saccharomyces cerevisiae]]'s'' [[genome]] is sequenced, the first eukaryotic genome to be fully sequenced.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1534/g3.113.008995 |pmid=24374639 |pmc=3962479|title=The Reference Genome Sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Then and Now|journal=G3|volume=4|issue=3 |pages=389–398 |year=2014 |last1=Engel |first1=Stacia R. |last2=Dietrich |first2=Fred S. |last3=Fisk |first3=Dianna G.|last4=Binkley |first4=Gail |last5=Balakrishnan |first5=Rama |last6=Costanzo |first6=Maria C. |last7=Dwight |first7=Selina S. |last8=Hitz |first8=Benjamin C.|last9=Karra |first9=Kalpana |last10=Nash |first10=Robert S. |last11=Weng |first11=Shuai |last12=Wong |first12=Edith D.|last13=Lloyd|first13=Paul|last14=Skrzypek|first14=Marek S. |last15=Miyasato |first15=Stuart R. |last16=Simison |first16=Matt |last17=Cherry |first17=J. Michael}}</ref>