three-parent

English

Adjective

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.
    • 2009, Jacob M. Appel, Toward a three-parent baby‎:
      As transformative as are the medical benefits of three-parent children, the social rewards should not be overlooked.
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