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03-11-2014, 12:57 PM
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Re: Maxi Clit.
i just wanna act like a simpleton and ask this... "can a person like that be like some flowers that self pollinate?" allright, i know i am being stupid here...  |
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#146
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03-11-2014, 04:45 PM
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Re: Maxi Clit.
I wonder that too. If someone were born with one testicle and one ovary and also have a uterus . . . . could they impregnate themselves? Wouldn't the eggs and the sperm have the exact same DNA? Which wouldn't stop fertilization . . . . I should have paid better attention in Biology class.  |
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03-11-2014, 04:53 PM
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Re: Maxi Clit.
An article on the subject - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...elves-pregnant Some parts that pertain to the question - "Could an intersex person get him- / herself pregnant (or as doctors put it, "autofertilize")? Well, think about the necessities for pregnancy: a sperm, an egg, a way for the two to meet, a uterus for fetal development, and the proper hormone levels to ensure the baby doesn't turn into a squid. Most intersex folks are unable to provide at least one of these critical bits. Surveys suggest functioning ovaries are fairly common in the intersexed; pregnancy and birth don't happen often, but they happen. Functioning testes are rarer, but again not completely unknown. Functioning ovaries and functioning testes, however, plus functioning everything else — well, I suppose I can propose one far-fetched scenario where it could possibly happen. But as a practical matter: get out. Remember, the idea in intersexuality typically is that you get a mix of male and female pieces. You don't get two complete sets." "The only way I can imagine self-fertilization happening in a human — and I'm telling you, this one's a reach — is in a chimerical individual, formed of two embryos that fused. Would the child of such a person be a clone? Of course not, nudnik. First, you'd have to duplicate the genetics of an individual whose makeup was, by definition, an irreproducible accident. Second, the two fused embryos would be fraternal twins (one's male and one's female, right?) and thus have different genes. Third, the chromosome-level mechanics of sexual reproduction (surely you remember that fascinating discussion of meiosis from sophomore biology) would ensure that the genetic deck got a good honest shuffle. So while the child of an autofertilizing hermaphrodite would certainly be a close relative of its parent, it’d be a far cry from a xerox copy." |
