Clone

An exact copy of something. This can refer to whole organisms or cells but also molecules such as DNA. In sequencing work, small pieces of DNA are stitched into carrier molecules (vectors) that can be copied many times in bacteria or cells. Each copy is called a clone.

This page was last updated on 2017-02-27

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