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(AP) — An aging dog named Missy walks with a limp and her time is winding down, but the unassuming pooch is at the forefront of research that could see her become the first cloned pet. 

A small San Francisco Bay area company called Genetic Savings & Clone, Inc. is behind the effort to clone Missy and build a business on doing the same for other pet owners. 

The company has partnered with scientists at Texas A&M University, where the first cattle were cloned. 

Making a perfect copy of Fido won’t be cheap. The procedure could cost $100,000 per animal at first and drop to $20,000 as technology improves.