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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Having More Than One Set Of DNA

Carries risk.

2 comments:

  1. I thought this was a chimaera rather than a mosaic... but there appears to be a difference.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28genetics%29
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_%28genetics%29

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  2. Yes, very nuanced (from one zygote or from a merger of them). I'll probably never keep them straight.

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