How many reconstructed embryos with adult cell nuclei did Ian Wilmut’s team make for the Dolly experiment?

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For the experiment that resulted in the birth of Dolly, Ian Wilmut and his team at the Roslin Institute constructed 277 embryos containing adult cell nuclei. These reconstructed embryos were subsequently implanted into 13 surrogate mothers, only one of which successfully carried the pregnancy to term.1