recombinant

[ ree-kom-buh-nuhnt ]

adjective
  1. of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.

noun
  1. a cell or organism whose genetic complement results from recombination.

  2. the genetic material produced when segments of DNA from different sources are joined to produce recombinant DNA.

Origin of recombinant

1
First recorded in 1940–45; re- + combine + -ant

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British Dictionary definitions for recombinant

recombinant

/ (riːˈkɒmbɪnənt) genetics /


adjective
  1. produced by the combining of genetic material from more than one origin

noun
  1. a chromosome, cell, organism, etc, the genetic makeup of which results from recombination

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