cybrid

/ (ˈsaɪbrɪd) /


noun
  1. a hybrid cell, being a fusion of a whole cell with a cytoplasm, containing a nuclear genome from one source and a mitochondrial genome from another

Origin of cybrid

1
c21: from cy(toplasmic) + (hy)brid

Words Nearby cybrid

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Scientific definitions for cybrid

cybrid

[ brĭd′ ]


  1. An artificially produced cell that has nuclear DNA from one source and cytoplasmic DNA from another, such as a nonhuman animal cell that has had its nucleus replaced by the nucleus of a human somatic cell.

  2. A cell line or organism developed from a cybrid cell.

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