Abreu Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 what would happen if we put human sperm into a chicken or any other animal and vice-versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Probably nothing interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greippi Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Nothing. Unless they have a sperm allergy hah. I doubt a sperm could "dock" on to the animal's egg. And even if it could, fertilisation wouldn't proceed not least due to differing numbers of chromosomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewmon Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Nothing. Unless they have a sperm allergy hah. I doubt a sperm could "dock" on to the animal's egg. And even if it could, fertilisation wouldn't proceed not least due to differing numbers of chromosomes. The chicken's immune system might recognize the sperm as foreign living matter and attack it. IIRC on the subject of chromosome count, horses (64 chromosomes) and donkeys (62 chromosomes) producing mules/etc (63 chromosomes) may be the only exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anura Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I believe chimps and humans could probally breed. But no one will do it for moral reasons. Some monkeys and man are more related than other animals that breed. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewmon Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 other animals that [inter]breed. Can you give some examples of other animals interbreeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Can you give some examples of other animals interbreeding? Lions and Tigers, donkeys and zebras, horses and zebras, Indian elephants and African elephants, a great many fish interbreed even in the wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greippi Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I believe chimps and humans could probally breed. But no one will do it for moral reasons. Some monkeys and man are more related than other animals that breed. I think. Considering humans and chimpanzees have different numbers of chromosomes, and children born with an abnormal number of chromosomes are (usually) mentally retarded/suffer various disabilities, I consider this spurious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anura Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Considering humans and chimpanzees have different numbers of chromosomes, and children born with an abnormal number of chromosomes are (usually) mentally retarded/suffer various disabilities, I consider this spurious. I think the good would outway the bad here. I'd love to see a monkey/man. Or to see it even tried. Who gives a damn about the what ifs. -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringer Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I think you man ape/man. Chimps aren't monkeys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addicted2ColdTurkey Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I always wondered if any species could reproduce to make awesomely superior animals but sadly different species cannot reproduce and those that can i.e. the lions and tigers thing that Greippi mentioned, cannot reproduce offspring that can also reproduce. Resulting in all ligers being completely sterile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) called hybrids Not being an expert at all, after some search, I see that Homo Sapiens is "the only living species in the Homo genus of bipedal primates in Hominidae, the great ape family". (from wiki) Since hybridation works mainly between members of the same genus, I doubt breeding a human with an ape would work. Edited December 28, 2010 by michel123456 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vordhosbn Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The level of taxonomic classification does not always represent the same genetic diversity across different branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Probably nothing interesting. Wouldn't depend on how it was introduced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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