Science
- Chimera (genetics), a single animal organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes
- Chimera (plant), a single plant organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes or from a mixed-species callus
- Chimera (virus), a virus containing genetic material from other organisms
- Chimera or fusion protein, a hybrid protein made by the splicing of two genes
- Chimera (paleontology), a fossil which was reconstructed with parts from different animals
- Chimaera (genus), the eponymous genus of the order Chimaeriformes
- Chimaera, one of the common names of a group of cartilaginous fishes, members of the order Chimaeriformes
- Chimera (EST), a single cDNA sequence originating from two transcripts
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