Changes

==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Greek]] ''klōn'' twig, slip; akin to Greek ''klan'' to break

[[Greek]] ''klōn'' twig, slip; akin to Greek ''klan'' to break

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903 1903]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903 1903]

The term clone is derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] word κλών (klōn, “twig”), referring to the process whereby a new [[plant]] can be created from a twig. In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century; the final e came into use to indicate the vowel is a "long o" instead of a "short o". Since the term entered the popular lexicon in a more general [[context]], the spelling clone has been used exclusively.

The term clone is derived from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] word κλών (klōn, “twig”), referring to the process whereby a new [[plant]] can be created from a twig. In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century; the final e came into use to indicate the vowel is a "long o" instead of a "short o". Since the term entered the popular lexicon in a more general [[context]], the spelling clone has been used exclusively.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a :  the aggregate of genetically [[identical]] [[cells]] or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism

*1a :  the aggregate of genetically [[identical]] [[cells]] or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism

In [[botany]], the term ''lusus'' was traditionally used.

In [[botany]], the term ''lusus'' was traditionally used.

In the United States, the human consumption of meat and other products from cloned [[animals]] was approved by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration FDA] on December 28, 2006, with no special labeling required because food from cloned organisms has been found to be identical to the organisms from which they were cloned. Such [[practice]] has met strong [[resistance]] in other regions due to misinformation, such as Europe, particularly over the labeling issue.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning]

In the United States, the human consumption of meat and other products from cloned [[animals]] was approved by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration FDA] on December 28, 2006, with no special labeling required because food from cloned organisms has been found to be identical to the organisms from which they were cloned. Such [[practice]] has met strong [[resistance]] in other regions due to misinformation, such as Europe, particularly over the labeling issue.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning]

===See also===

===See also===

*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning Human cloning]'''''

*'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning Human cloning]'''''

[[Category: Biology]]

[[Category: Biology]]