Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from a somatic (body) cell, came into the world innocent as a lamb. However, soon after the announcement of her birth in February 1997 (Wilmut et al., 1997) she caused panic and controversy. An important, and for many people troubling question arose: if the cloning of sheep is possible, will scientists soon start cloning humans as well; and if they did, would this be wrong or unwise? For most people, Dolly was really a wolf in sheepâs clothing.
According to the University of Vermont Extension, the reasons plants have different colors is because of pigments within the plant. A variety of pigments are held within different plants, other factors regarding plant color include the amount of sugar and light a plant receives.
1 Chlorophyll: the pigment that gives plants their green color and allows them to absorb sunlight... 2  more. 3  Chloroplast: a part of a cell found in plants that converts light energy into energy plants can use (sugar).4  Other living organisms such as algae also have cells that contain chloroplasts.eing green. Chlorophyll, a green pigment found in chloroplasts, is an important part of the light-dependent reactions. Chlorophyll soaks up the energy from sunlight. It is also the reason why plants are green. You may remember that colors are different wavelengths of light.