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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchimaerachi‧mae‧ra /kaɪˈmɪərə, kə- $ -ˈmɪrə/ noun [countable] x-refanother spelling of chimera
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chimaera• A quite different way of creating a chimaera is to fuse two early mouse embryos.• The embryo is thus a chimaera, a mosaic of two different kinds of cells.• Two out of 160 G418-resistant D3 clones were found to have the targeted mutation and clone 515 gave rise to germ-line chimaeras.• Germ-line chimaeras were obtained from both clones.
Origin chimaera (1300-1400) Latin Greek chimaira “female goat”
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