clon
- noun
- /klɒn/
- Specialized
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clon
- The researchers created a clone of the original plant to study its growth.
aren't really clones, but they're more like descendants.
- aren't really clones, but they're more like descendants.
- Of course, there's also the question, isn't the clone the same person too?
- It selects clones to respond to specific antigen signals.
- OK, you may conjecture that it is impossible to free the clones.
Examples
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Snuppy the dog who was a clone of another dog.
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There are probably hundreds or thousands of such little clones spread all through our bodies.
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These will form little clones such as this happens in various tree populations for example.
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It must feel like every new clone tree grows into a totally different world.
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They were tested on, They were tested on clones of stem cells.
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Are twins clones And are stick bugs clones?
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Of course, there's also the question, isn't the clone the same person too?
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She's basically a clone of Andres Manuelo.
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That natural selection favors clones that can disperse and can invade.
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We go into the mice and men and we find the single best antibody that's a clone of an antibody.
Synonyms
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A group of cells or living things with the same genes from one original
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word clon comes from an old Greek word klon meaning 'twig' or 'sprout', because scientists first used it for making new plants from a single twig. That's why a clon is a group of identical cells or organisms that all come from one original, like many branches from the same twig.