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I can't understand very well this "続けた結果" found in the following description,
from a Pokémon videogame.

> 1人の 科学者が 何年も 恐ろしい 遺伝子 研究を 続けた 結果 誕生した。

It is talking about a Pocket Monster, and its general meaning I think is "It
was created by a scientist after years of horrific genetic researches", or
"Born as result of years of horric genetic researches carried out by a
scientist".

But I cannot understand _grammatically_ what is the meaning of "続けた結果". Okay,
続けた is the past form of 続ける and 結果's meaning is "result, consequence, outcome,
effect​..." But together?
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grammar expressions
"続けた結果誕生した" Meaning
結果 forms a subordinate clause, just as some other Japanese nouns do. The best-
known noun that works similarly is とき ("when"). You may know 場合 ("in case"),
瞬間 ("the moment"), and ほど ("to the extent") also form a subordinate clause
without a subsequent particle. Rarer words that work similarly include 手前, 刹那
and 最中.

Grammatically, the part before 結果 is a relative clause that modifies 結果. The
resulting clause means "in consequence of ～". Semantically, your understanding
of the sentence is correct.

> ### [結果](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/68145/meaning/m0u/)
>
> ３ **副詞的に用いて** 、ある事態の生じるもととなる結末状態を表す。「猛勉強をした結果、合格した」
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