[QUIZ] Kim Jong Un loves buzzwords too... Oh wait it's just TED
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So you're saying that America's border policies are like goatse, but with more Stars and Stripes?
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If you could somehow duplicate the chromosomes, or found a way to make the gamete replicate despite missing chromosomes, the genes it has would allow for full development of a healthy organism. The two halves of genetical code are needed not for the genetical code itself, but solely to make the cell start doing its work. It's like, you don't technically need a keyboard to boot a PC, but it won't boot if you don't connect one.
No, it would not be healthy. Hell, most of the time, the organism wouldn't even survive. Having the wrong number of chromosomes does weird things to an organism. See: Down Syndrome, Turner Syndrome.
Turner syndrome is the only situation in which a human can survive with only one copy of a chromosome, a condition known a monosomy. It is a condition which affects women who only have one copy of the X chromosome. All other forms of monosomy are fatal during the course of development.
Duplicating the chromosomes would work, but that would effectively be fertilizing the gamete. Cheater.
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Duplicating the chromosomes would work, but that would effectively be fertilizing the gamete. Cheater.
Has precedent though:
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Has precedent though:
Maybe for plants and (theoretically) a few invertibrates like snails, slugs, and worms. But for an unfertilized gamete in a chicken egg (as that is what started the conversation)? Nope.
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Has anyone actually tried to visit the site? It doesn't work anymore, and I think it's been down for ages!
Try to visit it harder! Use http://archive.org if necessary!
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@RaceProUK said:
Has precedent though:
Maybe for plants and (theoretically) a few invertibrates like snails, slugs, and worms. But for an unfertilized gamete in a chicken egg (as that is what started the conversation)? Nope.
After some additional thinking, @RaceProUK's example is not a precedent for @Gaska's suggestion of duplicating the already present chromosomes. @Gaska proposed duplicating, resulting in each set of chromosomes being 100% identical. The odds are so astronomically against this in situations of self-fertilization - as referenced by @RaceProUK - that I feel comfortable saying that it has never happened.
@RaceProUK's precedent is rejected.
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