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–noun Biology.

the process of producing a clone.

[Origin: 1955–60; clone + -ing¹

]

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clone

Audio Help [klohn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, cloned, clon·ing.

–noun

Biology.

a.	a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.

b.	a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.

2.	a person or thing that duplicates, imitates, or closely resembles another in appearance, function, performance, or style: All the fashion models seemed to be clones of one another.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to produce a copy or imitation of.

Biology.

a.	to cause to grow as a clone.

b.	to separate (a batch of cells or cell products) so that each portion produces only its own kind.

–verb (used without object)

5.	Biology. to grow as a clone.

[Origin: 1900–05; < Gk kln a slip, twig

]

—Related forms

clonal, adjective

clon·al·ly, adverb

cloner, noun

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n.

A cell, group of cells, or organism that is descended from and genetically identical to a single common ancestor, such as a bacterial colony whose members arose from a single original cell.
An organism descended asexually from a single ancestor, such as a plant produced by layering or a polyp produced by budding.
A DNA sequence, such as a gene, that is transferred from one organism to another and replicated by genetic engineering techniques.
One that copies or closely resembles another, as in appearance or function: "filled with business-school clones in gray and blue suits" (Michael M. Thomas).

v. cloned, clon·ing, clones

v. tr.

To make multiple identical copies of (a DNA sequence).
To create or propagate (an organism) from a clone cell: clone a sheep.
To reproduce or propagate asexually: clone a plant variety.
To produce a copy of; imitate closely: "The look has been cloned into cliché" (Cathleen McGuigan).

v. intr.
To grow as a clone.

[Greek klōn, twig.]

clon'al (klō'nəl) adj., clon'al·ly adv., clon'er n.

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cloning
noun
a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)

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cloning noun

Example: genetic cloning

Arabic:	اسْتِنْساخ
Chinese (Simplified):	纯系化
Chinese (Traditional):	純系化
Czech:	genetické klonování
Danish:	kloning
Estonian:	kloonimine
French:	clone
Greek:	κλωνοποίηση (γονιδίων)
Hungarian:	klónozás
Indonesian:	kloning
Italian:	clonazione
Korean:	유전자 복제

Latvian:	klonēšana
Lithuanian:	klonavimas
Norwegian:	kloning
Polish:	klonowanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	clonagem
Russian:	клонирование
Slovak:	klonovanie, rozmnožovanie nepohlavnou cestou
Slovenian:	kloniranje
Spanish:	clonación
Swedish:	kloning
Turkish:	klonlama

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Noun

A cell, group of cells, or organism that is produced asexually from and is genetically identical to a single ancestor. The cells of an individual plant or animal, except for gametes and some cells of the immune system, are clones because they all descend from a single fertilized cell and are genetically identical. A clone may be produced by fission, in the case of single-celled organisms, by budding, as in the hydra, or in the laboratory by putting the nucleus of a diploid cell into an egg that has had its nucleus removed. Some plants can produce clones from horizontal stems, such as runners. Clones of other cells and some plants and animals can also be produced in a laboratory. See also therapeutic cloning.
A copy of a sequence of DNA, as from a gene, that is produced by genetic engineering. The clone is then transplanted into the nucleus of a cell from which genetic material has been removed.

Verb

To produce or grow a cell, group of cells, or organism from a single original cell.
To make identical copies of a DNA sequence. See more at genetic engineering.