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kazinator 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I should have loved biology (2020)

> Someone probably told me that every cell in my body has the same DNA.

That isn't necessarily true though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(genetics)

pfdietz 9 months ago [–]

Also: the modification of DNA in B Cells, for the formation of new antibodies. It's akin to generation of new inputs in fuzzing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26860/

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