Chimeras

[weird_lilith]

Wikipedia tells us that a chimera is an animal that has two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated in different zygotes. What this means in practice, is a person originally had a twin that, during gestation, fused with them. The remaining twin is then born with both twins' genetic baggage. What does this create

Comments

[lupie_stardust]

I like it because it adds more fuel to the "Personality is more than just genetic" fire. :)

[xdronedx]

its really interesting how the two women were treated completly different based on their lifestyles.

[xdronedx]

by "interesting" i really meant "disgusting"

[weird_lilith]

I absolutely agree, I just cannot imagine what the woman on welfare went through.

[droserary]

That was my thought, too. I've also been reading Sapolsky's Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers on stress physiology and wondered how her then unborn child was being affected by all that stress.

[debtwillcollect]

I saw this documentary awhile ago, and found it really amazing. I didn't even know such things happened!

[marukay_zeron]

Wow, that was extremely interesting. Thanks!

[ladymalchav]

They did that on CSI! :D