clonenoun [ C ]
uk/kləʊn/us/kloʊn/a plant or animal that has the same genes as the original from which it was produced
informal disapproving someone or something that looks very much like someone or something else:
Most people saw her as just another blond-haired, red-lipped Marilyn Monroe clone.
specialized computing a computer that operates in a very similar way to the one that it was copied from
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- chromosome
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- inheritance
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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Describing people with the same qualities
Computer concepts
cloneverb [ T ]
uk/kləʊn/us/kloʊn/to create a clone of a plant or animal:
Scientists have already cloned a sheep.
Experiments to try to clone human embryos have met with hostility from some sections of the public.
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- chromosome
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- inheritance
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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Scientific techniques
cloning
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkləʊ.nɪŋ/us/ˈkloʊ.nɪŋ/
animal/human cloning