GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   clone (klōn), n.
   1. (Biol.) a group of organisms derived from a single individual by some kind of asexual reproduction; -- used mostly of microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast.
   
   Syn. -- clon.
   
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   2. (Biol.) an individual organism containing a genetic complement identical to that of another organism, produced by using the genetic material from the second animal in a non-sexual reproduction process.
   
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   3. something virtually identical to another object.
   
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   clone v. t.
   1. (Biol.) to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
   
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   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.
   
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   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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