three-parent
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]three-parent (not comparable)
- (of a person) Having three genetic parents; that is, having been produced by a process in which the nucleus of one egg is inserted into the cytoplasm of another egg, which contains mitochondrial DNA, and then the hybrid egg is fertilized by a sperm.
- 2009, Jacob M. Appel, Toward a three-parent baby[1]:
- As transformative as are the medical benefits of three-parent children, the social rewards should not be overlooked.