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1-23-2008 10:58 AM
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A surprising number of animals can reproduce without male involvement if there is no other option. Sharks and lizards have demonstrated this ability in captivity. It was previously believed that the process was impossible in mammals such as humans because male sperm cells and female egg cells undergo a process called imprinting. In imprinting, sections of each cell’s genome are silenced to allow the set of genes from the other parent to be expressed, so that when the egg and sperm cells combine, the genes in the resulting embryo are not competing with each other.
It has now been discovered that it is possible to interrupt this process by deleting just two sections of genetic material on the genomes of female mice – animals very similar, for reproductive purposes, to humans.
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1-23-2008 11:08 AM
Fast T friend
Elsewhere, producing a child that is the genetic
offspring of two females is becoming a real possibility – and the process is
not nearly as difficult as was previously thought.
A lot of this was new to me. Very interesting read.
1-23-2008 11:11 AM
valann 47
Wow, is this a promise?, sorry guys, I love you really.
1-23-2008 2:38 PM
Aribeth

What is the point of living in a world without men??

1-23-2008 2:40 PM
Aribeth
Boring...
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