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Clonal may refer to:


Biology

* Clonal interference, a phenomenon that occurs when two (or more) beneficial mutations arise independently in different individuals in a genetically homogeneous population of an asexually reproducing organism *
Aggregating anemone The aggregating anemone (''Anthopleura elegantissima''), or clonal anemone, is the most abundant species of sea anemone found on rocky, tide swept shores along the Pacific coast of North America. This cnidarian hosts endosymbiotic algae calle ...
, also called clonal anemone * Vegetative cloning, a form of asexual reproduction in plants *
Clonal reproduction Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical or virtually identical DNA, either by natural or artificial means. In nature, some organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction. In the field of biotechnology, cl ...


Immunology

* Clonal deletion, a process by which B cells and T cells are deactivated before act significantly upon specific antigens * Clonal selection theory, a model for how the immune system responds to infection *Clonal anergy, a lack of reaction by the body's defense mechanisms to foreign substance


See also

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Clone (disambiguation) Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to: Places * Clones, County Fermanagh * Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland Biology * Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathologi ...
* Clonalis House * Clone (genetics) * Cloning {{dab