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Definition of Cloning

1. Noun. A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell).

Definition of Cloning

1. Verb. (present participle of clone) ¹

2. Noun. (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum ¹

3. Noun. (context: by extension) The production of an exact copy of an object ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cloning

1. a technique for reproducing by asexual means [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cloning

1. The process whereby clones are established asexually, where cells all genetically identical, to a single ancestor. In recombinant DNA technology, the use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA is referred to as cloning DNA. The term covers various manipulations for isolating and establishing clones. In simple systems single cells may be isolated without precise knowledge of their genotype. In other systems partial or complete selection of chosen genotypes can be manipulated with gene cloning. In plants the term refers to natural or artificial vegitative propagation. (12 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Cloning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... cloning natural affection. When he | rce yeers old his mother was sent to Ma plantation eight or ten miles dis- u 1 after that he never saw her except ..."

2. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Extending the analysis by cloning through transposable element tagging will allow ... AP: We will use molecular hybridization and cloning techniques to: ..."

3. Getting Started with SAS(R) Enterprise Miner(TM) 4.3 by SAS Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"cloning a Node You may want to clone a node if you plan to use the node repeatedly in a project. For example, assume that you have defined an input data set ..."

4. Candlelight by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"cloning PRODUCING IDENTICAL PIGS FOR RESEARCH cloning is the process of ... cloning is more difficult in animals. Almost every animal cell contains a ..."

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