“Chimeric” Monkeys Thriving

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 6 January 2012 9:36 AM


This little monkey has six parents. The Oregonian calls him chimeric, after the half-goat, half-lion, half-serpent of Greek mythology. Researchers at the University of Oregon created him and his siblings from the stem cells of six different embryos—a scientific first. 

SOURCE: Oregonian

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