<p>In one conceptually simple way to create clusters, a solution containing DNA fragments is poured onto a microscope slide dilute enough so that individual molecules are separated. DNA polymerase is added, which copies each fragment repeatedly, creating millions of clusters, each of which contains only copies of the original fragment of DNA. These &quot;clusters&quot; are then used for various kinds of DNA research like DNA sequencing.</p>

<p>However, notwithstanding the erudition above, 'polony' also appears as a British slang term in Graham Greene's book 'Brighton Rock', meaning a plump person, likened to a fat sausage or 'Bologna'. It is also a type of finely processed pork that comes in a sausage shaped wrapping (pork bolony perhaps?).</p>

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<li>Polony technology guide </li>

<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=hulib&amp;db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Retrieve&amp;list_uids=16732271" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=hulib&amp;db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Retrieve&amp;list_uids=16732271"><font color="#810081">Zhang et al. Sequencing genomes from single cells by polymerase cloning.</font></a> </li>

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