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Clone   Listen
verb
clone  v. t.  
1.
(Biol.) To make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
2.
(Microbiol.) To grow colonies of a microorganism by spreading a suspension of the microorganism onto a solid growth medium (such as in a Petri dish), at a concentration such that individual colonies will grow from single cells sufficiently well separated from other colonies so that pure cultures derived from a single organism can be isolated.
3.
(Biochem.) To make large quantities of a segment of DNA by inserting it, using biochemical techniques, into the DNA of a microorganism, and growing that microorganism in large numbers; as, to clone the gene for growth hormone.






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Words linked to "Clone" :   clon, look-alike, ringer, being, knockoff, colloquialism, copy, dead ringer, organism, double



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