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Typically seen in non-human zoology (but also discovered to a rare extent in humans), a chimera is an animal that has two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated in different zygotes involved with sexual reproduction.

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When DNA is combined from two different sources what kind of organism does it produce?

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Why does a cell make a copy of its DNA defore it divides?

Because each cell needs its own set of DNA, there must be two sets of DNA present in a cell before it divides into two.


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DNA replication involves producing new copies of DNA molecules. How many individual DNA strands exist after one molecule of DNA has been replicated?

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How is DNA used in your body?

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What is a tetragametic chimera?

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