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> Assuming you could get a pair of working ovaries with male chromosomes... what would happen? I imagine it would produce about half X-ovums and half Y-ovums.
by seszett 9y ago
> Assuming you could get a pair of working ovaries with male chromosomes... what would happen?
I imagine it would produce about half X-ovums and half Y-ovums. X-ovums should be normal, Y-ovums might not be viable at all.
If they were, Y-spermatozoons could probably not fertilise them, or in any case it would fail rather fast without developing into a viable embryo. X-spermatozoons could fertilise them to produce male embryos.
Producing working ovaries with male chromosomes is the most unlikely step, but otherwise it seems like it should work provided the biological machinery is there to support pregnancy.
- mnw21cam 9y agoI strongly suspect that Y-ovums would not be viable at all. There's a lot on the X chromosome that is pretty vital. How Y-spermatozoons get away with it I'm not quite sure.