polyclonalityn.
/ˌpɒlɪkləʊˈnalɪti/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌkloʊˈnælədi/ Biology and Medicine.
The state or condition of being polyclonal. Cf. monoclonality n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > descent from common ancestor > clone or polyclone > fact of involving or causing
cloning1930
polyclonality1978
1978 Nature 25 May 304/2 The polyclonality of B cell responses to LPS has excluded the participation of immunoglobulin combining sites in the process of triggering.
1992 Saudi Med. Jrnl. 13 175/1 The role of thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase antibodies in the primary aetiology of autoimmune thyroid disease remains unclear. Their polyclonality and only partial restriction..suggest that they are part of a secondary response to thyroid damage.
1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 12253/1 Several possible explanations may account for this observed polyclonality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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