Definition of "polyclonal" []

• Descended from more than one group of cells, especially of genetically different origins. (adjective)

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• "These types of antibodies which can react with the same antigen are designated as polyclonal antibodies."
• "Rabbits used to raise polyclonal Ab are nearly always exsanguinated at the final bleed, and anything used to make monoclonals is sacrificed as part of the procedure."
• "Arnon, Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against acetaldehyde-containing epitopes in acetaldehydeprotein adducts, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 83 1986: 7923-27."