recombinant

  1. Adjective.  Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase ''recombinant DNA'' referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species.
  2. Noun.  An organism, cell(,) or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.

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