NTDMG5863 Guide to First Cloned Mule Race photograph collection First Cloned Mule Race photograph collection Finding Aid prepared by Jeremiah Fielding University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2025
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-28. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives First U of I Cloned Mule Race MG 5863 .25 linear feet 2003-2006 good Photographs and negatives from Idaho Gem's first cloned mule race. As well as a press release about the race. English .

Images from Winnemuca Nevada Races; negatives and color prints of the University of Idaho's first cloned mule Idaho Gem.

Idaho Gem was the first mule to be cloned and born healthy in 2003 by the University of Idaho. It won its first race in 2006. The race was the world's first appearnce by a cloned animal in a professional athletic competition. Gordon Woods was the cloning project lead and a U of I CALS professor of animal and veterinary science.

Materials received from Gene Merrell, UI Associate Vice President for Economic Development upon retirement in 2016 (UA 2016-04).

Collection is open for research

FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-mule-racing-led-mule-cloning-180963101/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/may/30/genetics.research https://www.science.org/content/article/cloned-mule-races-finish-line

 University of Idaho Mules Idaho Gem mule Cloning Racing Idaho Series I: Images 1st Clone Mule Race 4 items Photographs, negatives, and printed website page about the cloned mules. 2006 1 1 Idaho Gem, Idaho Syringa, and Project Idaho researchers on campus 7 negatives 7 color negative strips 2003 1 1