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Micropropagation vs Cloning - What's the difference?

micropropagation | cloning |

In biology terms the difference between micropropagation and cloning

is that micropropagation is the propagation of plant clones from a microscopic piece of tissue from a single plant while cloning is the production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.

As a verb cloning is

present participle of lang=en.

micropropagation

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Noun

(wikipedia micropropagation) (en noun)
  • (biology) The propagation of plant clones from a microscopic piece of tissue from a single plant

    • Related terms

    * micropropagate

    cloning

    English

    Verb

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    • 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