three-parent in English

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        "(of a person) Having three genetic parents; that is, having been produced by a process in which the nucleus of one egg is inserted into the cytoplasm of another egg, which contains mitochondrial DNA, and then the hybrid egg is fertilized by a sperm."
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"three-parent" meaning in English

Adjective