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Molecular biology

a population of genetically identical DNA molecules or cells derived from a single ancestor.

In molecular biology, a clone is a population of genetically identical DNA molecules or cells derived from a single ancestor: molecular cloning inserts a fragment of DNA into a vector so that a host cell propagates faithful copies of it as the host divides. Cohen, Chang, Boyer, and Helling's 1973 Construction of biologically functional bacterial plasmids in vitro showed that foreign DNA could be joined to a plasmid and propagated in Escherichia coli, giving many identical copies from one insert. The referent is a set of identical molecules or cells held in a vector or a culture, counted by copy number, and it is not a whole animal, a stand of plants, or a duplicated block of code.[1]

Unit
A set of identical DNA molecules or cells descended from one ancestor
Recovery means
The copies are regenerated each time the host cell divides and replicates the vector
Measured by
Verified by sequencing, restriction mapping, and counting colonies each grown from a single transformed cell

Reproductive biology

a whole organism genetically copied from another by moving a body cell's nucleus into an egg stripped of its own.

In developmental and reproductive biology, a clone is a whole organism that is a genetic copy of another individual, produced by transferring the nucleus of a body cell into an egg whose own nucleus has been removed, a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer. Wilmut, Schnieke, McWhir, Kind, and Campbell's 1997 Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells reported Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. The referent is a single living individual with its own body and life span, not a population of molecules in a tube, a line of propagated plants, or a copied fragment of code.[2]

Unit
A whole organism genetically copied from a single donor cell
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Confirmed by genetic markers matching the donor and by the birth and survival of live offspring

Computer science

A duplicated code fragment

In software engineering, a clone is a fragment of source code that is identical or similar to another fragment elsewhere in a codebase, usually arising when a developer copies and adapts existing code; more broadly, to clone is to make a copy of a repository, object, or data structure. Roy, Cordy, and Koschke's 2009 Comparison and evaluation of code clone detection techniques and tools surveyed how such duplicated fragments are defined, classified by degree of similarity, and detected. The referent is a copied unit of code or data inside a computer, judged by resemblance, and it is unrelated to a population of molecules, a whole animal, or a propagated plant.[3]

Unit
A code or data fragment that duplicates another
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Detected by comparing token sequences, syntax trees, or program graphs across a codebase

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References

  1. Cohen, S. N., Chang, A. C. Y., Boyer, H. W., & Helling, R. B. (1973). Construction of biologically functional bacterial plasmids in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 70(11), 3240–3244. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.70.11.3240
  2. Wilmut, I., Schnieke, A. E., McWhir, J., Kind, A. J., & Campbell, K. H. S. (1997). Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells. Nature, 385(6619), 810–813. https://doi.org/10.1038/385810a0
  3. Roy, C. K., Cordy, J. R., & Koschke, R. (2009). Comparison and evaluation of code clone detection techniques and tools: A qualitative approach. Science of Computer Programming, 74(7), 470–495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2009.02.007

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