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cybrid

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cybrid [′sī·brəd]
(genetics)
A hybrid cell produced by fusing a cell nucleus with a cell of the same or a different species whose nucleus has been removed; some are able to proliferate. In plants, an individual produced following fusion of protoplasts from different species with complete elimination of the chromosomes of one of the species.


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A third application to create cybrids for studying motor neuron disease will also be submitted by a team from King's and the University of Edinburgh.
As worded, it bans all interspecies embryos, but states that the government intends to exempt cybrids, human embryos with animal DNA and human chimeras.
 
 
 
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