the fusion of two or more cells to become a single cell
Formation of a single hybrid cell resulting from: (1) fusion of two complete cells to form a hybrid "sum" of the parentals (heterokaryon); (2) formation of a viable cell with cytoplasm (cytoplast) from one parent and nucleus (minicell) from another; (3) fusion of an enucleated cell with a complete cell of a different type (cybrids); and (4) the addition of a few chromosomes from one cell to another by fusion of a microcell with a normal cell.
Geneetiline muundamine leiab aset, kui kasutatakse vähemalt ühte järgmistest meetoditest: ... 3) kahe või enama raku ühinemisega muundatud geneetilise materjaliga elusrakkude saamist viisil, mis looduses ei esine.
Techniques of genetic modification referred to in Article 2 (b) (i) are, inter alia: ...
(iii) cell fusion or hybridization techniques where live cells with new combinations of heritable genetic material are formed through the fusion of two or more cells by means of methods that do not occur naturally.
