cloning
- Of an organism: a technique for making an exact genetic copy of an organism.
- Of a gene: copying the exact DNA sequence of a gene. Usually, "cloning a gene" refers to copying the DNA sequence from an organism's entire genome into a smaller, more accessible piece of DNA, such as a plasmid.
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