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The Chimera appears in Etruscan wall paintings of the fourth century BC. [citation needed] In the Indus civilization, 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.
A “chimera” is an “amalgam of different natures; in Greek mythology, a monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail.” ... addresses such outbursts of foolishness or ...
Kotobuki - A Japanese Chimera with the head of a rat, the ears of a rabbit, the horns of an ox, the comb of a rooster, the beard of a sheep, the neck of a Japanese dragon, the mane of a horse, the back of a wild boar, the shoulders and belly of a South China tiger, the arms of a monkey, the hindquarters of a dog, and the tail of a snake.
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 ...
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