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Cloning vs Recombinant - What's the difference?

cloning | recombinant |

As nouns the difference between cloning and recombinant

is that cloning is (biology) the production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum while recombinant is an organism, cell or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.

As a verb cloning

is .

As an adjective recombinant is

referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination especially in the phrase recombinant dna referring to an organism created in the lab by adding dna from another species.

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

    • recombinant

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase recombinant DNA referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species.

    • Derived terms

    * recombinantly * recombinant DNA * rBGH * rBST * RAC * rDNA * recombinase

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism, cell or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.