A chimeric mouse with its offspringA chimera or chimaera is a single organism (usually an animal) that is composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes involved in sexual reproduction. If the different cells have emerged from the same zygote, the organism is called a mosaic. Chimeras are formed from four parent cells (two fertilized eggs or early embryos fused together). Each population of cells keeps its own character and the resulting organism is a mixture of tissues. Chimeras are typically seen in animals; there are some reports on human chimerism.[1] Plant chimeras are discussed separately.
Indeed...but here it appears that they mixed species. I listened to the video presentation and he was not clear about the species...it sounded like only rhesus monkeys, yet the labeling is rhesus-macaque. Strange.