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[The Immortalist]

Some scientist created 3 baby monkeys that each have six genomes by mixing together cells from blastocysts from 6 different monkey embryos and implanting them into two different female monkeys. 1 of the females had twins and the other female had a single baby.
http://news.yahoo.co...-123103267.html

Is there any possible health advantages or detriments to the monkeys by having their bodies composed of cells with different genomes?

Let's say theoretically that there was a human created with 6 genomes. Would the person be an individual or would the person be 1 made up of many? Would the person be considered 6 people or a single person?

What would happen if a person was created in the lab with a single cell from every single person in the world born after 2013 blastocysts? Would the female who gave birth to this human be considered "the woman who gave birth to the entire human population who was born after 2013"?

As for whether they will be able to reproduce or not:

"Researchers aren't yet sure whether Roku, Hex and Chimero will be able to reproduce. It takes rhesus macaques four to five years to reach sexual maturity."

[okok]

Does happen in humans. Tetragametic chimerism: fraternal twins fuse and develop into one body. A mother had legal trouble after dna testing for parenthood.
http://ucdavis.acade...ns-Subjectivity

[The Immortalist]

Does happen in humans. Tetragametic chimerism: fraternal twins fuse and develop into one body. A mother had legal trouble after dna testing for parenthood.
http://ucdavis.acade...ns-Subjectivity

Thanks although I have heard of it before.

Perhaps many of us are actually chimeras without realizing it? Like for example perhaps maybe as few as 10000 cells that make up our bodies could be of a different genome? They could be in many different places around our body so unless we get all of the billions of our cells tested we may never know.