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  • noun Plural form of chimera.

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Examples

  • 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

  • And scientists would also have to find a way to create eggs without creating human chimeras, which is ethically contentious.

    Researchers Create Mice From Two Fathers 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Researchers Create Mice From Two Fathers 2010

  • Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.

    Les Miserables, Volume III, Marius 1862

  • Our chimeras are the things which the most resemble us.

    Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

  • 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.

    The Augusta Chronicle 2010

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