blood chimera

genetics

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types of chimeras

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    …examples of twin chimerism are blood chimeras. These individuals are produced when blood anastomoses (connections) form between the placentas of dizygotic twins, thereby enabling the transfer of stem cells between the developing embryos. When blood chimerism involves male and female twins, female exposure to male hormones results in

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