RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Another human chimaera
JF Journal of Medical Genetics
JO J Med Genet
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 283
OP 287
DO 10.1136/jmg.11.3.283
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Battey, Diana A.
A1 Bird, G. W. G.
A1 McDermott, A.
A1 Mortimer, C. W.
A1 Mutchinick, O. M.
A1 Wingham, June
YR 1974
UL http://jmg.bmj.com/content/11/3/283.abstract
AB Another human chimaera is described, which we are unable to classify because of limited family data. Evidence of chimaerism was confined to haemopoietic tissues. There were two red cell populations with differences in four blood group systems and, although the patient was female, chromosome analysis of cultured lymphocytes showed that 96% of cells had the male karyotype 46,XY. Possible mechanisms for the production of chimaeras are discussed.