Englishshotgun cloningnounMeaningA DNA sequencing technique in which a large number of small fragments of a long DNA strand are generated at random, sequenced, and reassembled to form a sequence of the original strand.Related wordsshotgun sequencing(English)autosequencing(English)multicloning(English)subclone(English)subcloning(English)duplication(English)radiosequencing(English)ultrasequencing(English)SourcesDictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data