Chimera (genetics)

A genetic chimerism or chimera is a single organism composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype

1. CHIMERA (Genetics) Melvin Alex

2. Hybrid vs Chimera X Horse Donkey Mule

3. Chimera (Genetics) A chimera is a mixture of two separate organisms, with discrete parts of each.

4. Sheep-Goat Chimeras

5. Chimeras in mythology

6. Naturally occurring chimeras are rare, usually found only in same species Free martin fetus with conjoined circulation: The key to understanding immunological tolerance

7. Fetal-Maternal chimerism in humans Dr. Lee Nelson

8. Humanzee Human STEM cells 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 Chimps share a LOT of DNA!

10. Procedure

11. Applications Xenotransplantation To understand how our cells grow and interact inside an animal. To make functional human tissues Immunological tolerance

12. ETHICAL ISSUES Because it 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 share 98% 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?”