In Greek mythology, the Chimera was an awesome fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. The Chimera was killed by the hero Bellerophon mounted, in most versions of the tale, on Pegasus, the winged horse.
1 posted on
11/17/2003 10:20:10 AM PST by
NYer
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To: NYer
Here I was thinking they had switched her children in the maternity ward. This is a new one.
To: NYer
This is really freaky.
3 posted on
11/17/2003 10:23:00 AM PST by
stanz
(Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
To: NYer
Wow that is amazing.
4 posted on
11/17/2003 10:24:41 AM PST by
anobjectivist
(The natural rights of people are more basic than those currently considered)
To: NYer
Is the woman blonde?
5 posted on
11/17/2003 10:25:48 AM PST by
N. Theknow
(Be a glowworm, a glowworm's never glum, cuz how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum.)
To: NYer
Question for the Christians (or Muslims or whatever)
how many souls will go to heaven or hell? One or two or ...?
6 posted on
11/17/2003 10:26:28 AM PST by
Tac12
To: NYer
Most amazing, indeed. I had no idea that such natural chimeras existed as humans. I will have to check this out!
7 posted on
11/17/2003 10:26:51 AM PST by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: NYer
And the two shall be as one ...
9 posted on
11/17/2003 10:27:28 AM PST by
eastsider
To: NYer
Hmmm..... is this proven, or just a theory? I mean, did they actually take DNA samples from different parts of this woman and find two different sets of DNA? Cause otherwise, the babies-switched-at-the-hospital suggestion seems far more plausible.
10 posted on
11/17/2003 10:28:21 AM PST by
wizardoz
To: NYer; vetvetdoug
It happens in other animals - we had a Harlequin Great Dane with one blue eye and one brown one - that was the explanation the vet gave us. According to him they all are.
Pinging our resident vet...
To: NYer
Ouch, that had to hurt to deliver!
13 posted on
11/17/2003 10:29:32 AM PST by
Plutarch
To: NYer
Sons I gave birth to are 'unrelated' to me Actually they would be related genetically, just more like a nefew instead of a son. Maybe this lady needs to be upset with her husband for having sex with her sister.
To: vikingchick
Chimera Alert! Unusual story here.....
15 posted on
11/17/2003 10:29:54 AM PST by
BossLady
(<-----American Infidel Since 1963)
To: NYer
I WONDER HOW MANY CONVICTED CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN SET FREE BECAUSE THEIR DNA DIDN'T MATCH!
Scientist have no idea how often Chimeras occur.
Perhaps being a Chimera--perhaps having mixed-up genes--makes someone more inclined to criminal behavior, and so a very high percentage of criminals might be Chimeras.
In such case, it's no wonder their DNA doesn't match the crime scene!
To: NYer
Oh, great........another "OJ Simpson" defense. "If the twin's in me, you must set free."
To: NYer
Chimera manufacture is a common technique used in making 'Knockout' mice. I had never heard of it's occurance in humans, but it just stands to reason that it's possible and has occured.
Interesting Bump.
25 posted on
11/17/2003 10:43:11 AM PST by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: NYer
It seems to me maybe the doctors screwed up or she screwed around.
FMCDH
30 posted on
11/17/2003 10:45:43 AM PST by
nothingnew
(The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
To: NYer
There's also a variation on this, called a "mosaic", in which one of the cells in the developing embryo underwent a mutation (such as a copy error, etc.), resulting in a person who has some tissues/organs (i.e., those which developed from the original mutated cell) having a genetic variation compared to the other parts of the same body.
This can lead to odd medical disorders, whereby some tissues in the body are susceptible to a particular problem while others aren't. It can also make DNA screening for genetic illnesses difficult because the cells (or blood) sampled for genetic screening may be the "healthy" ones.
There is speculation that some cases of Alzheimer's or autism may be a result of this.
To: NYer
"after tests showed that two of her three grown-up sons were biologically unrelated to her.VS.
""Jane is a chimera, a mixture of two individuals - non-identical twin sisters - whose cells intermingled in the womb and grew into a single body
If Jane is a mixture of herself and her sister, than any children born by her are certainly "biologically related". They may well display very unusual DNA traits which would not match the normal parent/child patterns, but this is so contradictory that I can't take anything else in the story serious.
Who trains these reporters anyway, Democrats?
33 posted on
11/17/2003 10:50:57 AM PST by
Lloyd227
To: NYer
Wasn't this an X-Files episode???? (just kidding)
34 posted on
11/17/2003 10:51:40 AM PST by
dawn53
To: NYer
Apparently this doesn't apply to this woman, or they would have mentioned it.
38 posted on
11/17/2003 10:54:08 AM PST by
stuartcr
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