Clonal

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Clonal may refer to

in Immunology

• Clonal deletion, a process by which B cells and T cells are deactivated before act significantly upon specific antigens
• Clonal selection theory, a model for how the immune system responds to infection
• Clonal anergy, a lack of reaction by the body's defense mechanisms to foreign substance

in Biology

• Clonal interference, a phenomenon that occurs when two (or more) beneficial mutations arise independently in different individuals in a genetically homogeneous population of an asexually reproducing organism
• Aggregating anemone, also called clonal anemone
• Vegetative cloning, a form of asexual reproduction in plants

See also

• Clone (disambiguation)
• Clonalis House
• Clone (genetics)