Chimera Twins Story

skelley writes "Below is an audio link on this morning's story on NPR about Chimera twins, or people with two sets of DNA. It turns out that every once in a while a set of fraternal twin eggs merge into one embryo. The resulting person has two sets of DNA. The story says it is possible for a Chimera to have different sets of DNA in different body parts. This can cause complication for body identification, DNA typing for organ transplants, crime investigation, etc. Researchers have no idea how common this is, but suppose that it is a reasonable percentage of all fraternal twin pregnancies, which would mean millions worldwide. No text version. NPR often doesn't publish one. "

Comments

Re:Account for people with misshapen bodies?

[gfody]

that "phenomena" is technically referred to as being smacked in the face with the ugly stick. aka falling from the ugly tree (and hitting every branch on the way down)

Re:WHY TELL US YOU ARE ATHEIST???

[fireweaver]

Anonymous Coward wrote: "I believe in god".

I feel sorry for you. Your life must be a living hell what with constantly looking over your shoulder hoping the boogeyman doesn't get you for some minor infraction of long obsolete rules and regulations and constantly having to remind the chief boss fairy what a worthless piece of shit you are. If he's out there floating around somewhere, he probably already knows it with out you having to remind him.

I sincerely hope that someday, you will grow up and realise that all there is is nature and that we are merely parts of that nature. Boogeymen and hobgoblins like the religious believe in simply do not exist.

Re:Gonna be more common.

[Nightpaw]

Gemini's what?