2018年1月26日 星期五

Cloning 克隆


Cloning - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning
In biology, cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects, plants or animals reproduce asexually.

What is Cloning - Genetic Science Learning Center - University of Utah

learn.genetics.utah.edu › Cloning
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), also called nuclear transfer, uses a different approach than artificial embryo twinning, but it produces the same result: an exact genetic copy, or clone, of an individual. This was the method used to create Dolly the Sheep.

科学

克隆猕猴在中国诞生,我们离克隆人还有多远?

GINA KOLATA
中国科学家用20年前克隆多莉羊的方法,克隆出两只猕猴“中中”和“华华”,引发人们对克隆人是否将问世的疑问。科学家称即便伦理上允许,技术上也仍有很长的路要走。

clone

NOUN

  • 1Biology 
    An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.
    ‘vines representing all the 15 existing clones were planted’
    1. 1.1 A person or thing regarded as an exact copy of another.
      ‘guitarists who are labelled Hendrix clones’
    2. 1.2 A computer designed to simulate exactly the operation of another, typically more expensive, model.
      ‘an IBM PC clone’
  • 2informal (within gay culture) a homosexual man who adopts an exaggeratedly macho appearance and style of dress.

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
  • 1Propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone.
    ‘of the hundreds of new plants cloned the best ones are selected’
    1. 1.1 Make an identical copy of.
      ‘developers are planning to clone a historic Liverpool terrace’
    2. 1.2Biochemistry Replicate (a fragment of DNA placed in an organism) so that there is sufficient to analyse or use in protein production.
      ‘we have cloned DNA sequences added to the ends of the linear plasmid’
    3. 1.3 Illegally copy the security codes from (a mobile phone) to one or more others as a way of obtaining free calls.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Greek klōn ‘twig’.

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