Webber, H.J.

Japanese: ウェッバー,H.J. - うぇっばー
Webber, H.J.

…The word clone originally comes from the Greek word klōn, meaning twig. Since all twigs from a single tree have the same genetic qualities, HJ Webber was the first to use the word in the biological sense described above (1903). In nature, a group of descendants produced by asexual reproduction (vegetative reproduction) are copies with the same genetic qualities, and are therefore clones. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Webber, HJ" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…クローンとは,元来はギリシア語klōnで〈小枝〉という意味である。1本の木から出る小枝は,なん本あっても遺伝的に同じ資質をもっていることから,ウェッバーH.J.Webberが初めてこの語を上のような生物学的意味をもつものとして使った(1903)のに始まる。 自然界において,無性生殖(栄養生殖)によって作られる一群の子孫の生物個体は,すべて同じ遺伝資質をもったコピーであって,クローンである。…

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