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- noun Plural form of
chimera .
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Examples
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But if overcoming the psychological barrier of eating chimeras is going to take some time, they can be used to decorate your garden in the meantime.
Small Food Nation 2008
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And scientists would also have to find a way to create eggs without creating human chimeras, which is ethically contentious.
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Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Chromosomal translocations can create new genes called chimeras by fusing two genes formerly located on two different chromosomes—the “head” of chromosome nine, say, fused with the “tail” of a gene in chromosome thirteen.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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When the mouse babies were born, they had cells from both the blastocyst and from Dad A — so-called chimeras, which are creatures composed of at least two genetically distinct types of cells.
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Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.
Les Miserables 2008
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Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.
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Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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The UGA scientists have grown 34 pigs from embryos using the technique - so-called chimeras, because their cells contain more than one set of DNA.
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