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Chimera (genetics)
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- 2. Hybrid vs Chimera X HorseDonkey Mule
- 3. Chimera (Genetics) A chimerais a mixture of two separate organisms, with discrete parts of each.
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- 6. Naturally occurring chimerasare rare, usually found only in same species Free martin fetus with conjoined circulation: The key to understanding immunological tolerance
- 7. Fetal-Maternal chimerism inhumans Dr. Lee Nelson
- 8. Humanzee • Human STEMcells are injected into a chimp blastocysts • It will help us to find how cells grow and interact inside an animal. By, Mriganka
- 9. Humans and Chimpsshare a LOT of DNA!
- 10. Procedure Delete specific piece of animal DNA Inject embryowith human STEM cells Embryo is then put back inside animal
- 11. Applications • Xenotransplantation • Tounderstand how our cells grow and interact inside an animal. • To make functional human tissues • Immunological tolerance
- 12. ETHICAL ISSUES • Becauseit involves research on human embryos. • It disregards the welfare of animals and animal species involved. • More specifically, because it disregards the welfare of higher primates involved.
- 13. Conclusion • “Chimps share98% of the human genome, and a fully mature chimp has the equivalent mental abilities and consciousness of a four-year- old human. Fusing a human and chimpanzee embryo—which researchers say is feasible—could produce a creature so human that questions regarding its moral and legal status would throw 4,000 years of ethics into chaos. Would such a creature enjoy human rights? Would it have to pass some kind of ‘humanness' test to win its freedom? Would it be forced into doing menial labor or be used to perform dangerous activities?”