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You'd still need the Y-chromosome. While not as big as the others, it does contain some genetic material.
by lucumo 17y ago
You'd still need the Y-chromosome. While not as big as the others, it does contain some genetic material.
- gojomo 17y agoNot if they want a daughter.
- alexandros 17y agoand it follows then that women will be able to carry their own clones too..
- NickM 17y agoSo if lesbians could reproduce...and they could only have daughters...and if it turns out there's a genetic predisposition towards lesbianism... This is probably a completely ridiculous idea, but I wonder if men might someday be weeded out by "natural" selection.
- eru 17y agoWhy? Male couples should be able to reproduce in the same way --- given enough money to rent out a womb (or the technology to create one). As an added bonus they can also create females.
- anthonyw 17y agoSome of his early work led to stories about “an end to men”, enabling lesbian couples to have their own biological children without male involvement but, according to Prof Nayernia, these were based on a “misunderstanding”. “IVD sperm can only be produced from stem cells with male [XY] chromosomes,” he said. “Stem cells with female [XX] chromosomes can be prompted to form early-stage sperm but do not progress further. This demonstrates that the genes on a Y chromosome are essential for meiosis and sperm maturation.” From: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f16dfe8-6b2f-11de-861d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f16dfe8-6b2f-11de-861d-00144feabd...
- jodrellblank 17y ago"news.ychromasome.com. While not as big as the others, it does contain some material"?