adverb
- in a manner relating to or produced by clones; by means of cloning
Usage: biology; technical
Examples
- The bacteria reproduced clonally, creating genetically identical offspring.
- These plants were propagated clonally from a single parent specimen.
- The tumor cells expanded clonally from a single mutated cell.
- Clonally derived organisms share identical DNA sequences.
- The research team studied clonally produced wheat varieties.