Mosaic vs. Chimeric

If a mutation happens when an embryo is young, say eight or 16 cells, then all of the cells formed from the mutated cell will inherit the mutation, which will lead to patches of the adult organism having the mutation while others don’t. This can lead to visible changes, such as patches of hair, localized diseases, or even skin. In humans, it can be possible to see stripes that occur when two colored cell types develop together. Sometimes there is a fusion of two zygotes, which has two sets of DNA in them. This fusion will lead to organisms ending up with patches of each type of cell. In this case of mosaicism, the organism is referred to as a chimera. #MolecularBiologyFieldOfStudy #biology #inheritance #germline #whatIsAChimera #whatDoesChimeraMean #whatIsChimerism #whatIsChimericDna #whatIsChimerismInHumans #whatIsChimeraResearch #whatIsChimer #whatIsAGeneticChimera #whatDoesChimeraMeanInEnglish #whatIsAChimeraAnimal #whatIsAHumanAnimalChimera #whatIsTheDefinitionOfChimera #chimeraWhatIsIt #whatCausesChimerism #whatIsChimeraDisease #greekMythology #Dna #chimerism