chimaera (redirected from Chimera (fish))

chimera, chimaera

1. a mythological, fire-spouting monster with a lion's head, goat's body and serpent's tail.

2. an animal whose body contains different cell populations derived from different zygotes of the same or different species, occurring spontaneously or produced artificially; i.e. an individual composed of a mixture of genetically different cells.

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chimera protein

see fusion protein.