08-18-2010, 08:15 AM
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F.Y.I
True Hermaphrodite:
Exceedingly Rare in Humans...
However, slugs, snails, fish, earthworms may posses both and each act as the opposite for reproduction..
In humans, almost in every case, they're sterile..
Recently, the word "intersex" has come into preferred usage for humans, since the word "hermaphrodite" is considered to be misleading, insulting and stigmatizing
Chimeras:
Imagine a mother denied custody of her children because her DNA points to her not being their mom. Or another mother who cannot get a kidney transplant from her son because they do not share enough DNA.
A human chimera is made up of two sets of cells with DNA as different as any two siblings’ DNA. This is because a chimera is the result of fraternal twins fusing together at a very early stage in development.
A DNA test is usually done by taking some blood or cheek cells and looking at the DNA. This is fine if the person has the same DNA in every cell (which is usually the case). But a chimera can run into problems.
Because different body cells will have different DNA, it is possible that a DNA test can give incorrect results for a chimera.
Example:
Imagine that a woman has one set of DNA in her cheek or kidney cells and a different set in her eggs.
Now she has a DNA test done on her children and one done on her kidney or cheek cells. When the results are compared, she looks like the children’s aunt instead of their mother. This is what happened in the custody and kidney transplant cases.
The children looked like nephews or nieces with one set of cells. And like sons and daughters with the other set of cells.

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