Medical Term:
clone
Pronunciation: klōn
Definition:
- A colony or group of organisms (or an individual organism), or a colony of cells derived from a single organism or cell by asexual reproduction, all having identical genetic constitutions.
- To produce such a colony or individual.
- A short section of DNA that has been copied by means of gene cloning.
- A homogeneous population of DNA molecules.
See: cloning
[G. klōn, slip, cutting used for propagation]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
