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Chimera (genetics)
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Single organism composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells
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A genetic chimerism or chimera ( ky-MEER-É™ or kim-EER-É™) is a single organism composed of cells of different genotypes. Animal chimeras can be produced by the fusion of two (or more) embryos. In plants and some animal chimeras, mosaicism involves

Subclass of
Hybrid (biology)
Different from
Mosaic (genetics)
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