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re·com·bi·nant

   [ree-kom-buh-nuhnt] Genetics.
adjective
1.
of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
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noun
2.
a cell or organism whose genetic complement results from recombination.
3.
the genetic material produced when segments of DNA from different sources are joined to produce recombinant DNA.

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Origin:
1940–45; re- + combine + -ant
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recombinant (riːˈkɒmbɪnənt)
 
—adj
1.  produced by the combining of genetic material from more than one origin
 
—n
2.  a chromosome, cell, organism, etc, the genetic makeup of which results from recombination

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recombinant
1942, from recombine (v.), from re- "back, again" + combine (q.v.).
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recombinant re·com·bi·nant (rē-kŏm'bə-nənt)
n.

  1. An organism or a cell in which genetic recombination has taken place.

  2. Genetic material produced by splicing genes.

adj.

  1. Formed by or showing recombination, as a chromosome.

  2. Relating to recombinant DNA.

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