Biology GCSE
Clones
What Clones means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Offspring that are genetically identical to the parent because all their cells arise by mitosis from the parent tissue.
Genetically identical plants produced by growing a small piece of meristem tissue in culture.
Offspring that are genetically identical to the parent because there is no fusion of gametes.
Topics that use Clones
- Cloning (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- Sexual and asexual reproduction (AQA GCSE)
- Stem cells (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adult body cell
- adult stem cells
- Asexual reproduction
- Cell nucleus transfer
- clone
- Cloning
- Conservation
- Cuttings
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