Human natural chimerism: An acquired character or a vestige of evolution?

Human Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 651-657

  Rinkevich, B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytomictical chimera; Dispermic chimera; Fetal; Germ cell; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EVOLUTION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEREDITY; IMMUNITY; KARYOTYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; THEORY;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; EVOLUTION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034986868     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(01)00249-X     Document Type: Article

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