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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: small">They do retain their own nuclear genome.</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: small">A cybrid is then a hybrid cell which combines the nuclear genome from one source with the mitochondrial genome from another source. Using this powerful tool, it is possible to dissociate the genetic contribution of the mitochondrial genome from that of the nuclear genome.</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: small">Cybrids are valuable in mitochondrial research and were used to prove mitochondrial involvement in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other conditions.<br /><br />[http://cybrid.org Cybrid.org]<br /></span></p>