Clone vs Replicate - What's the difference?
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A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754]
To create a clone.
To make a copy (replica) of.
(label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
As nouns the difference between clone and replicate
is that clone is a living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical while replicate is an outcome of a replication procedure.As verbs the difference between clone and replicate
is that clone is to create a clone while replicate is to make a copy (replica) of.As an adjective replicate is
folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.clone
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* holoclone * meroclone * paraclone * polycloneVerb
(clon)References
* C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905. * C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905. * W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949. ----replicate
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Verb
(en-verb)Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
Adjective
(en adjective)- a replicate leaf or petal
- the replicate margin of a shell
