For the first time, scientists have created primates whose cells carry one of several sets of genetic instructions instead of one consistent assemblage of DNA. The three rhesus monkeys are chimeras, conglomerates of cells from up to six genetically different embryos.
A GENETIC MISHMASH Baby rhesus monkeys named Roku and Hex are some of the world’s first chimeric primates.
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