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To: ahayes
>>Can you read? Most of the time these are not genetic effects.
 
    From your original Post:
        [Typically chimeras originate from two embryos fusing in the womb]
 
 
And why does this defect take place? 
 
Could it be because the mother has a defect in the DNA that codes for the enzymes involved in embryonic development?
 
Or maybe she has a defect in the DNA that recognizes and spontaneously aborts "birth defects".
 
Perfectly plausible hypothesis. 
 
Quack quack waddle waddle... Oh look, it's genetic.
 
 

78 posted on 02/27/2004 4:46:03 PM PST by VxH (This species has amused itself to death.)
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To: VxH
No. Chimerism occurs when two normal embryos fuse or when cells from one normal embryo are transferred to the twin embryo. This is a normal occurrance--in fact, mothers who have born a baby boy have a handful of XY cells from their baby scattered through their tissues. It is a testimony to the plasticity of stem cells.

There is a vast difference between proposing a hypothesis and jumping to a conclusion. You have nothing (and there is nothing) to support your position that there is a genetic bias towards chimerism, yet you're putting forth some sort of eugenic program in spite of your ignorance. Not very impressive.

79 posted on 02/27/2004 5:04:00 PM PST by ahayes
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