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Clone

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Clone and related terms may refer to any of the following:

Biology

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  • Clone (cell biology), a group of identical cells that share a common ancestry
    • Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathological condition
  • Clonal colony, a group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria), grown vegetatively from a single ancestor
  • Clonal plant, a new plant that grows from a fragment of the parent plant
    • King Clone, a clonal creosote bush in the Mojave Desert, United States
  • Cloning, the production of any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a parent organism from which it was created

Computing and technology

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  • Clone (computing), computer hardware or software designed to function in the same way as an original
  • clone (Java method), a method in the Java programming language for object duplication
  • clone (Linux system call), a Linux system call that creates a copy of a process
  • Clone, a popular term for a replica, particularly when referring to "recreations" of rare and desirable variants of collector cars
  • Clone, a popular term for an unlicensed, reverse-engineered copy of a firearm produced in another nation—although the term can also apply to a simple direct copy, created under license
  • Clone tool, a tool used in image manipulation programs
  • Disk cloning, the duplication of contents of computer storage volumes
  • Lego clones, building block products meant to interoperate with Lego blocks
  • Phone cloning, the copying of identity from one cellular device to another
  • Quantum cloning, the replication of a quantum state

Culture

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Mathematics

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  • Clone (algebra), a collection of functions with certain properties
  • Clone (voting), in voting systems analysis, a candidate identical to one already present in an election

Places

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Arts, entertainment, and media

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Comics

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  • Clone (comic), a 2012–2014 comic book series
  • "Clone Saga", a storyline from Marvel Comics' Spider-Man comic books

Films

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Television

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Literature

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Music

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Albums

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Songs

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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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See also

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