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Consider clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, in which blood cells harbor mutations often seen in blood cancer, giving them a growth advantage over their well-behaved neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

This process, known as clonal fragmentation, is practiced by almost 50 species of existing brittle stars and their starfish relatives.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

The A. cauliformis population before the hurricanes was highly clonal but shifted to greater sexual reproduction for recolonization after the hurricanes, with 85 percent of sexual reproduction mainly due to local larval recruitment.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024

The group is now looking for funding to test its clonal rice in field trials, says co-author Emmanuel Guiderdoni, a rice geneticist at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

In other words, we are trying to get a start on a clonal rootstock.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951 by Northern Nut Growers Association