Editing 2001 in science (section)

==Biology==
* January 8 – The first animal from an [[endangered species]] produced by [[cloning]], a [[gaur]] named Noah, is born at Trans Ova Genetics in [[Sioux Center, Iowa]]. He dies within 48 hours of a common [[dysentery]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2001-01-12|publisher=[[Advanced Cell Technology]], Inc.|title=First cloned endangered animal was born at 7:30&nbsp;pm on Monday, 8 January 2001|accessdate=2006-09-18|url=http://www.advancedcell.com/press-release/advanced-cell-technology-inc-announced-that-the-first-cloned-endangered-animal-was-born-at-730-pm-on-monday-january-8-2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531142827/http://www.advancedcell.com/press-release/advanced-cell-technology-inc-announced-that-the-first-cloned-endangered-animal-was-born-at-730-pm-on-monday-january-8-2001|archivedate=2008-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Britt|last=Bailey|title=Cloning the Gaur|url=http://environmentalcommons.org/cetos/articles/cloninggaur.html|publisher=CETOS|year=2000|accessdate=2011-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228161917/http://environmentalcommons.org/cetos/articles/cloninggaur.html|archive-date=February 28, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* January – The second animal from an endangered species produced by [[cloning]], a European [[mouflon]] lamb, is born in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|first=Helen|last=Briggs|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1573309.stm|title=Endangered sheep cloned|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2001-10-01|accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref>
* February – The publicly funded [[Human Genome Project]], led by [[Francis Collins]] and the privately funded Celera effort, led by [[Craig Venter]] simultaneously publish their decoding of the human [[genome]] (in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' and ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', respectively).
* April 6 – [[Linda Partridge]] and colleagues publish their identification of the role of a specific gene in animal [[ageing]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a ''Drosophila'' Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein|author=Clancy, David J.|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|date=2001-04-06|volume=292|issue=5514|pages=104–106|doi=10.1126/science.1057991|display-authors=etal|pmid=11292874|bibcode=2001Sci...292..104C|s2cid=30331471|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=bioscifacpub|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* April 19 – [[Pygmy three-toed sloth]] first [[Species description|described]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=R. P.|last2=Handley Jr.|first2=C. O.|title=A new species of three-toed sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panama, with a review of the genus ''Bradypus''|journal=[[Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington]]|volume=114|issue=1|pages=1–33|year=2001|url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofb1142001biol|accessdate=2016-06-13}} {{open access}}</ref>
* Craig Venter and Mark Adams complete the [[genetics|genetic]] map of the [[laboratory mouse]].
* [[Fossil]] remains of the whale ''[[Rodhocetus balochistanensis]]'' found in [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] province, Pakistan, by [[Philip D. Gingerich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=293|title=Philip D. Gingerich Ph.D.|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]|work=Expert List|accessdate=2011-11-02|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090714132040/http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=293|archive-date=July 14, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>