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Identification of the mechanism underlying a human chimera by SNP array analysis.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2012
Shin So Youn, Yoo Han-Wook, Lee Beom Hee, Kim Kun Suk, Seo Eul-Ju
Abstract excerpt
Human chimerism resulting from the fusion of two different zygotes is a rare phenomenon. Two mechanisms of chimerism have been hypothesized: dispermic fertilization of an oocyte and its second polar body and dispermic fertilization of two identical gametes from parthenogenetic activation, and these can be identified and discriminated using DNA polymorphism. In the present study we describe a patient with...
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