deoxyribonucleic acid clone

deoxyribonucleic acid clone

[dē¦äk·sē‚rī·bō·nü¦klē·ik ¦as·əd ′klōn] (cell and molecular biology) A deoxyribonucleic acid segment inserted via a vector into a host cell and replicated along with the vector to form many copies per cell.