Biology A-Level
Natural clones in plants
What Natural clones in plants means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Natural clones in plants
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Asexual reproduction producing genetically identical offspring from one parent, each new plantlet arising by mitosis so it carries the same alleles.
Topics that use Natural clones in plants
- Cloning and biotechnology (OCR A-Level)
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