Medical Dictionary
pure line
noun
Medical Definition of PURE LINE
: a homogeneous line of descent: as a : a group of closely related individuals of identical genetic constitution (as the offspring of a homozygous self-fertilized parent) : a line of descent theoretically realizable from the inbreeding of completely homozygous and comparable parents b : the descendants of a single individual especially by vegetative multiplication : clone
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