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freemartinnoun
A female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).
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Freemartin
A freemartin or free-martin (sometimes martin heifer) is an infertile female cattle with masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries. Phenotypically, the animal appears female, but various aspects of female reproductive development are altered due to acquisition of anti-Müllerian hormone from the male twin. Genetically, the animal is chimeric: karyotypy of a sample of cells shows XX/XY chromosomes. The animal originates as a female (XX), but acquires the male (XY) component in utero by exchange of some cellular material from a male twin, via vascular connections between placentas: an example of microchimerism. The chimerism is mainly present in the hematopoietic stem cells.
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Freemartin
A freemartin or free-martin is an infertile female mammal which has masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries. Genetically the animal is chimeric: karyotyping of a sample of cells shows XX/XY chromosomes. [The animal originates as a female, but acquires the male component in utero by exchange of some cellular material from a male twin, via vascular connections between placentas.] Externally, the animal appears female, but various aspects of female reproductive development are altered due to acquisition of anti-Müllerian hormone from the male twin. Freemartinism is the normal outcome of mixed-sex twins in all cattle species that have been studied, and it also occurs occasionally in other mammals including sheep, goats and pigs.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Freemartin
frē′mar-tin, n. a cow-calf born as a twin with a bull-calf, usually barren.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of freemartin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of freemartin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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