bimaternal

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Kawahara M, Obata Y, Sotomaru Y, Shimozawa N, Bao S, et al. (2008) Protocol for the production of viable bimaternal mouse embryos.

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The mice born as a result were bimaternal, having genetic material from two mothers, but no father, and their lifespan was compared with identical mice with both father and mother.

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