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Scientists Discover Woman Carrying TWO Sets of DNA

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Today I Learned Science

Today I Learned Science

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This is so incredibly fascinating. Ana Paula Martins, through a blood test, discovered that she has XX chromosomes in every cell of her body…except her blood, where she carries XY chromosomes.

She is female through and through: she presents female, has all functioning biologically female body parts, yet only in her blood she has XY chromosomes.

It was a medical mystery to the geneticists who were investigating her case until Martins revealed a crucial detail - she is a twin.

Now Martins is

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