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5-20-2009 10:19 AM
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In human biology, a chimera is an organism with at least two genetically distinct types of cells -- or, in other words, someone meant to be a twin. But while in the mother's womb, two fertilized eggs fuse, becoming one fetus that carries two distinct genetic codes -- two separate strands of DNA.

The twin is invisible, but for chimeras the twin lives microscopically inside the body as DNA.
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5-20-2009 10:23 AM
clip-on-tie
*speechless*
5-20-2009 3:11 PM
tanyamm
I've heard about chimeras before and it's a very rare condition. A few seasons back the original C.S.I. show did an episode about it.
5-22-2009 3:20 AM
celestialdancer
Fascinating thanks
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