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DNA matching and biological children

2014-06-09 19:47:06.431492+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

The struggles of a woman whose DNA doesn't match the children she gave birth to.

In human biology, a chimera is an organism with at least two genetically distinct types of cells -- or, in other words, someone meant to be a twin. But while in the mother's womb, two fertilized eggs fuse, becoming one fetus that carries two distinct genetic codes -- two separate strands of DNA.

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