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==Origin==
[[Greek]] ''klōn'' twig, slip; akin to Greek ''klan'' to break
*[http://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.
==Definitions==
*1a : the aggregate of genetically [[identical]] [[cells]] or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism
:b : an [[individual]] grown from a single somatic cell or cell [[nucleus]] and [[genetically]] identical to it
:c : a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule and especially [[DNA]] <clones of identical recombinant DNA sequences>
*2: one that appears to be a copy of an original [[form]] : duplicate <a clone of a personal computer>
==Description==
In [[biology]], ''cloning'' is the [[process]] of producing similar populations of [[genetically]] [[identical]] individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of [[DNA]] fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. The term also refers to the production of multiple copies of a product such as digital [[media]] or software.
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]
===See also===
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning Human cloning]'''''
[[Category: Biology]]
==Origin==
[[Greek]] ''klōn'' twig, slip; akin to Greek ''klan'' to break
*[http://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.
==Definitions==
*1a : the aggregate of genetically [[identical]] [[cells]] or organisms asexually produced by a single progenitor cell or organism
:b : an [[individual]] grown from a single somatic cell or cell [[nucleus]] and [[genetically]] identical to it
:c : a group of replicas of all or part of a macromolecule and especially [[DNA]] <clones of identical recombinant DNA sequences>
*2: one that appears to be a copy of an original [[form]] : duplicate <a clone of a personal computer>
==Description==
In [[biology]], ''cloning'' is the [[process]] of producing similar populations of [[genetically]] [[identical]] individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of [[DNA]] fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. The term also refers to the production of multiple copies of a product such as digital [[media]] or software.
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]
===See also===
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning Human cloning]'''''
[[Category: Biology]]
