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Clone

• Definition: A collection of organisms derived from a single parent and, except for new mutations, genetically identical to that parent; in genetic engineering, the linking of a specific gene or DNA fragment to a replicable DNA molecule, such as a plasmid or phage DNA.

  Source: Essential Genetics: A Genomics Perspective (2006) 4th Ed.