Example Sentences

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They expand clonally instead, aided by KIT ligand signals released from surrounding tissue and the epidermis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025

In nature, some plant species reproduce clonally: The eggs inside their flowers become embryos without pollination, part of a process called apomixis—“away from mixing” in Greek.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

Targeted colonies appeared after 4–8 d and were mechanically picked and clonally expanded at 10–14 d after transfection.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

It is clonally propagated, highly heterozygous, autotetraploid, and suffers acute inbreeding depression.

From Nature • Jul. 13, 2011