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clones  

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  • Clone is a term with multiple usages in the biomedical sciences, referring both to a general concept in molecular genetics and to the application of this concept to whole organisms (particularly, but not exclusively, to higher animals). Generally, a clone is any organism (or group of organisms) that comes into existence with a DNA base sequence identical to that of an already-existing or previously existent organism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Clone]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SNKX0ZB5-1

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