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The Chimera appears in Etruscan wall paintings of the fourth century BC. [citation needed] In the Indus Valley Civilisation, the Chimera is depicted in many seals. There are different kinds of Chimera composed of animals from the Indian subcontinent. It is not known what the Indus people called the Chimera. [citation needed]
An animal chimera is a single organism that is composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes involved in sexual reproduction. If the different cells have emerged from the same zygote, the organism is called a mosaic .
A human chimera is a human with a subset of cells with a distinct genotype than other cells, that is, having genetic chimerism.In contrast, an individual where each cell contains genetic material from a human and an animal is called a human–animal hybrid, while an organism that contains a mixture of human and non-human cells would be a human-animal chimera.
Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer.Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells.. Chimaeras are soft-bodied, shark-like fish with bulky heads and long, tapered tails; measured from the tail, they can grow up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length.
Even the name 'Chimera' was intriguing to me and I learned that a chimera is a "creature of Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster with body parts from different animals. It usually consists of ...
It is the result of a union between a Manticore and a Chimera whose lion's head is replaced by a Manticore's head where the creature is sterile. Owlbear – A creature that is half-bear half-owl. It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons. Thessalmera – Half-Thessalhydra, Half-Chimera. It is the result of a union between a Thessalhydra and a Chimera.
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Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimaira (Greek for "she-goat") originally referred to: Chimera (mythology) , a fire-breathing monster of ancient Lycia said to combine parts from multiple animals Mount Chimaera , a fire-spewing region of Lycia or Cilicia typically considered the inspiration for the myth