chimera
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- noun
- /kaɪˈmɪrə/
- Specialized
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quimera
- They say that species are different only if they are chimeras of a different set of symbiogenetic partners.
These are the two leading chimera viruses labs in the world.
- These are the two leading chimera viruses labs in the world.
- And it seems that all complex cells derive from a chimaera between some some kind of genomic chimaera between bacteria and Archaea.
- Can I create a stable chimera that gave you the advantages of all the DNA in the world that was disease resistant?
Examples
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The NIH lifted a ban on chimera research this week.
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Such an aggregate is called a chimera, and in a chimera, one genetic type can gain an evolutionary advantage by outcompeting the others.
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Am I right that this is what's referred to as a chimera in your lab?
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These are the two leading chimera viruses labs in the world.
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But the eggs merged and a chimera was formed.
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A chimera can be formed in utero by cell transfer between mother and fetus or between twins.
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I don't want to have anything invasive done on her, but I know (because we know a human chimera) it can take many tries before the second strand is found.
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Members of our laboratory, led by Kevin Foster, a postdoctoral investigator, corroborated that hunch experimentally by showing that chimeras behave differently from pure clones.
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In her studies, she discovered that the chimeras she created had unique genetic traits from both parent organisms.
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The scientist explained how chimeras can be produced by combining cells from different embryos for research purposes.
Surface Forms
Etymology
In biology, a chimera is an organism with cells from two or more different early embryos. The name comes from the mythic mixed creature, which helps you remember that the organism has 'parts' from different sources.