Tri-phasic cloning is a cloning technique. Clones created using this method have a characteristic gene-sequence degradation. In 2369, Ibudan used this method to clone himself in order to frame Odo for his own murder. Ibudan had learned about tri-phasic cloning while incarcerated at Kran-Tobal prison from a fellow Bajoran inmate who was a geneticist. (DS9: "A Man Alone")
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