> The case, encountered in Boston and the subject of a report in New
> Scientist magazine this month, has led researchers to conclude that the
> woman is a chimera, genetically two individuals in a single, otherwise
> normal, body.
>
I thought that the biological term _chimera_ was exclusively applied
to the mix of cells from different _species_. The case reported here
would be _mosaic_.

Alberto Monteiro

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