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Chimeric embryos artificially produced by conjoining whole or partial embryos from two different species serve as a unique tool for analyzing the mechanisms underlying the mode of cellular interactions during embryogenesis and ovum implantation.
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Tachi, S., Tachi, C. (1981). Electron Microscopic Study of Rat ↔ Mouse Chimeric Blastocysts Produced by Embryo Aggregation. In: Glasser, S.R., Bullock, D.W. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3180-3_33
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