Chimera (genetics)
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chimera-genetics-218-85050
title:
Chimera (genetics)
text:
A genetic chimerism or chimera is a single organism composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype. Animal chimeras can be produced by the merger of two embryos. In plants and some animal chimeras, mosaicism involves
distinct types of tissue that originated from the same zygote but differ due to mutation during ordinary cell division. Normally, genetic chimerism is not visible on casual inspection; however, it has been detected in the course of proving parentage. More practically, in agr
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description:
Single organism composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)
date created:
2002-12-06T15:26:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T03:05:24Z
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