"three-parent" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} three-parent (not comparable)
  1. (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. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-three-parent-en-adj-EDNNLoNa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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