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re·com·bi·nant  audio  (r-kmb-nnt) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. An organism or cell in which genetic recombination has taken place.
  2. Material produced by genetic engineering.
ADJECTIVE:
  1. Formed by or showing recombination: a recombinant chromosome.
  2. Of or relating to recombinant DNA: recombinant fragments; recombinant technology.



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