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As a word, clone was first coined by J.B.S. Haldane as subject for theoretical replication of a frog, though the term clone is derived from κλων, the Greek word for "twig". In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century.

References

  • C.L. Pollard. 1905a. On the spelling of "clon". Science (new series) 22:87-88.
  • C.L. Pollard. 1905b. "Clon" versus "clone". Science (new series) 22:469.
  • W.T. Stearn. 1949. The use of the term "clone". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47.
 

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