clone /klōn/

1. A group of two or more individuals with identical genetic make-up derived, by asexual reproduction, from a single common parent or ancestor, orig applied to plants but now applied much more widely, esp to an individual derived from an egg in which a diploid nucleus from an adult has been substituted for the original (biology)
2. Any of such individuals
3. A person or thing closely similar to another, a copy or replica (informal)
4. A copy of a computer, software, etc that is compatible with the original

1. To reproduce as a clone
2. To produce a clone or clones of
3. To copy the number of (a stolen mobile phone) onto a microchip which is then used in a different phone, so that the owner of the original phone is billed for any calls

clōˈnal adjective

clōˈnally adverb

clonal deletion noun (biology)

The removal of potentially lethal clones specific for self-antigens, one of the main ways in which self-tolerance is achieved

clonal selection noun (biology)

In a young mammal, the method of immunoglobulin production ensuring that there is a large lymphocyte population with a wide variety of antigen-binding sites, so that when a foreign antigen binds to a lymphocyte it will stimulate the proliferation of a clone capable of binding and neutralizing the intruder

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