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morebacon
· 8 years ago
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Nuckin Futs man.
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
There was a CSI episode about a chimera. The guy's sperm and blood had different DNA.
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chu
· 8 years ago
If you're a twin, doesn't that mean you have the same DNA?
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tehimpala
· 8 years ago
not exactly
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chu
· 8 years ago
Why not? And don't pull fraternal twins on me because you know damn well I'm talking identical twins.
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
Identical twins have the same DNA because they formed from a single zygote that split to become two fetuses. They came from the same egg and the same sperm. Chimeras occur when there are two separate zygotes, different egg and sperm, and they merge to form one embryo.
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chu
· 8 years ago
So yes identical twins have the same DNA. But you're saying a chimera is when fraternal twins become one?
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
Yep.
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vlad_plasmius
· 8 years ago
Would a uterus transplant have the same effect? The first one done in America happened a couple weeks ago.
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enidblytonfan
· 8 years ago
No, because the embryo does not receive any genetic material from the uterus.
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maebubbles
· 8 years ago
Look up "gestational surrogate" it'll explain quite a bit about how you can carry a baby for someone else and not be related.
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guest
· 8 years ago
Did she get her kids back
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lucky980
· 8 years ago
Asking the right questions
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thatweirdbookworm
· 8 years ago
Yes, she did. But, the courts only believed her after someone was sent to witness her third child being born (she was heavily pregnant) and see that the baby immediately got a blood test- one that also did not match Lydia's DNA.
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69muz69
· 8 years ago
Episode of Dr. House to???
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lilyisamazing
· 8 years ago
Was anyone else thinking of Nina when they saw the word chimera?
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yecharon
· 8 years ago
In orphan black, how come each twin has exactly the same fingerprints? Or am I wrong
cutendangerous
· 8 years ago
because they're clones
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yecharon
· 8 years ago
Yes but they were all born to different wombs (except Sarah and Helena)
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yecharon
· 8 years ago
See. You were wrong which is why you never replied to me.
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
Fingerprints are not genetically determined.
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yecharon
· 8 years ago
Yeah so how come they match in orphan black? That's what I don't get b
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
I've never watched it, but I'm going to have to with because it's not real.
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yecharon
· 8 years ago
Youre not real
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mojockeym
· 8 years ago
Wow. You got me. Good one.
thatweirdbookworm
· 8 years ago
We read an article about this in Forensics class. Chimera people are more likely to develop auto immune disorder- where the immune system attack the body's own cells because it doesn't recognize them and declares the cells a threat. Having two different DNA in the body causes the immune system to attack cells with one set of DNA because it only recognizes cells with the other DNA
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guest
· 8 years ago
When they said chimera, did anyone think FMA or Fullmetal Alchemist?
