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subcloning

subcloning is the present participle and gerund of subclone.

Meaning of subclone

Verb

subclone (third-person singular simple present subclones, present participle subcloning, simple past and past participle subcloned)

  1. To reclone part of a previously-cloned DNA segment into a new vector
    • (1) from the genomic library a clone of interest is selected and a small fragment is subcloned from one end of the clone2002, Gurbichan S. Miglani, Advanced Genetics, →ISBN, page 84

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Noun

subcloning (plural subclonings)

  1. The production of a subclone

Forms of subcloning

pluralsubclonings

Questions about subcloning

What does subcloning mean?
Subcloning means the production of a subclone.
What is subcloning the present participle and gerund of?
Subcloning is the present participle and gerund of subclone.
What part of speech is subcloning?
Subcloning is a noun.
What is the plural of subcloning?
The plural of subcloning is subclonings.

Words near subcloning in the dictionary

  1. subclonality
  2. subclonally
  3. subclone
  4. subcloned
  5. subclones
  6. subcloning
  7. subclonings
  8. subclose
  9. subclosures
  10. subcloud
  11. subclouds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subcloning (page history and authors); subclone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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