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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. animal husbandry
  4. animal breeding
  5. cloning (animals)
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. animal husbandry
  4. animal breeding
  5. cloning (animals)
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. breeding
  3. animal breeding
  4. cloning (animals)
  1. Fields of Study
  2. reproduction
  3. sexual reproduction
  4. breeding
  5. animal breeding
  6. cloning (animals)
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. animal breeding
  4. cloning (animals)
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. animal breeding
  4. cloning (animals)

Preferred term

cloning (animals)

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The formation of one or more genetically identical animals derived by reproduction from a single cell, which can be embryo-derived, fetus-derived, or taken from an adult somatic cell.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • animal cloning

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9025

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