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Cloning vs Cloned - What's the difference?

cloning | cloned |

As verbs the difference between cloning and cloned

is that cloning is while cloned is (clone).

As a noun cloning

is (biology) the production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.

cloning

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia cloning)
  • (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum
  • (by extension) The production of an exact copy of an object

    • cloned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clone)

    • Anagrams

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    clone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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]

    • Derived terms

    * holoclone * meroclone * paraclone * polyclone

    Verb

    (clon)
  • To create a clone.

    • 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. ----