Microbial molecular biology and genetics a clone: a population of cells that are derived asexually from a parental cell and are genetically identical Genome: all the genes present in a cell or virus Central dogma: DNA→>RNA→> protein transcription translationMicrobial molecular biology and genetics • A clone: a population of cells that are derived asexually from a parental cell and are genetically identical. • Genome: all the genes present in a cell or virus. • Central dogma: DNA→RNA → protein transcription translation