CHIMERA/ HYBRID - (Dec/20/2006 )
I may be missing something, but I don't think that sex-linked coat color is the same thing as chimerism?
-aimikins-
QUOTE (aimikins @ Dec 27 2006, 01:07 PM)
I may be missing something, but I don't think that sex-linked coat color is the same thing as chimerism?
may be you're right..
-strawberry-
what about crossing over of chromosomes...it's also hybridization..
-strawberry-
QUOTE (strawberry @ Dec 21 2006, 10:06 AM)
well, thanks all 
so, can we use "intra" and "inter" here !!?
according to you, we can say that calico cats are chimera...right!
what about crossing-over here?
i need to have a clear picture joining all these ..
so, can we use "intra" and "inter" here !!?
according to you, we can say that calico cats are chimera...right!
what about crossing-over here?
i need to have a clear picture joining all these ..
You can: look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid
Hybrids are depending on definition not only cross-species hybrids (=interspecific) but also crosses between strains/populations etc (=intra-specific).
Use the definition that fits best for you...
-hobglobin-
QUOTE (strawberry @ Dec 28 2006, 05:41 PM)
QUOTE (aimikins @ Dec 27 2006, 01:07 PM)
I may be missing something, but I don't think that sex-linked coat color is the same thing as chimerism?
may be you're right..
The original observation of different coat colouring in mice that led to the study of X-chromosome inactivation was called chimerism.
However, I must agree with hobgoblin. I have a feeling that the use of "hybrid" and "chimera" is almost arbitrary, just like the use of "species". I always understood that species included the idea of fertile offspring, but it seems to have a looser definition among evolutionary biologists and general Darwinists. Go figure.
-swanny-