Re: Child with third arm born in China

On Wed, 31 May 2006 16:21:11 -0400, in talk.origins , Oxidized
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Mark Iredell wrote:
Oxidized wrote:

From the article:

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday were considering
surgery options for a 2-month-old boy born with an unusually well-formed
third arm.

Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional and tests have so
far been unable to determine which was more developed, said Dr. Chen
Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children's
Medical Center.

"His case is quite peculiar. We have no record of any child with such a
complete third arm," Chen said in a telephone interview.

Read more at:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/third.arm.ap/index.html


With some inbreeding, perhaps a race of three-armed humans will develop.

Oxidized


Isn't the boy most likely a chimera, with the extra arm coming from his
twin?


Would a genetic test show different DNA from each arm if
this were the case?

No, IIANM, because it is a from a fused identical twin.

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