From the series "Weird Or What" first broadcast 6-9-10.
Two
separate fertilized eggs can fuse together in utero, eventually forming
what is essentially one person with two completely different sets of
DNA. Lydia Fairchild is one such "Chimera". Her blood, saliva and
certain other parts of her body have one set of genes, while her
ovaries, uterus, and other parts have another. This means any children
she might have will share their father's DNA, but only one set of hers.
From Wikipedia:
"Tetragametic
chimerism is a form of congenital chimerism. This condition occurs
through the fertilization of two separate ova by two sperm, followed by
the fusion of the two at the blastocyst or zygote stages. This results
in the development of an organism with intermingled cell lines. Put
another way, the chimera is formed from the merging of two nonidentical
twins in a very early (zygote or blastocyst) phase. As such, they can be
male, female, or hermaphroditic.
As the organism develops, it
can come to possess organs that have different sets of chromosomes. For
example, the chimera may have a liver composed of cells with one set of
chromosomes and have a kidney composed of cells with a second set of
chromosomes. This has occurred in humans, and at one time was thought to
be extremely rare, though more recent evidence suggests that it is not
as rare as previously believed."
*Totally ripped from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE908SNlKAY* - jackal452
By: jackal452
In: WTF, Other Entertainment, Science and Technology, Nature, Other
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Any clues as to why the black father of these four children is unable to support them such that their white mother has to apply for support from the state?
Posted Aug-25-2012 Byabsyniancat (96.10) absyniancat View Channel Send Message
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Racism...
Posted Aug-26-2012 ByEnod (213.66) 
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"The man" is keeping him down, obviously...
Posted Aug-26-2012 Bypassive_observer (860.00) 
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This was supposed to be an update to http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0f9_1345903490 , the Chimera cat vid. Oops.
Posted Aug-25-2012 Byjackal452 (1172.90) 
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Why didn't they interview the dad?
Wonder if he skipped on em...
Posted Aug-25-2012 Bysungam (1345.98) 
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@sungam That or dead.
Posted Aug-26-2012 Bycincotta84 (32.60) cincotta84 View Channel Send Message
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Pretty cool. A certain percentage of cells are from one lineage while the rest are from another lineage. I guess the DNA they got from her (from the same place for all 4 tests) were from a different lineage than her eggs.
Posted Aug-25-2012 ByJdmire2 (111.50) 
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I remember that episode albeit with William Shatner doing the narration. Translated into Canadian eh?
Posted Aug-25-2012 Bymlivsey (1103.36) 
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very likely that a murderer / rapist or 2 has been incorrectly freed due to this
Posted Aug-26-2012 Bycougar58 (197.64) cougar58 View Channel Send Message
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So this can only happen if you have a threesome?
I wonder if the Maury Povich Show will have to have recalls now.
Posted Aug-26-2012 ByRhemis (972.38) 
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