jpittelo Posted June 7, 2006 Report Posted June 7, 2006 Suppose I have an egg of some bird and another animal having the same number of chromosomes..What does it happen if sperm of the other animal is injected inside the egg ? Does it appear a flying "other animal" ? Quote
ronthepon Posted June 7, 2006 Report Posted June 7, 2006 The chances are very very remote that it will form an organism. The zygote may not form at all, maybe the zygote will die, maybe it will not be able to form more advanced stages, maybe the organism will form and soon die, or maybe the organism will live(mules for example) Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 The chances of another organism having the same chromosomes is not too uncommon, but even so:The information ON those chromosomes has to be extremely similar in order for any organism to form... If it were as easy as you make it sound in your original post... we might just have flying pigs! In short, nothing would happen. It just wouldn't even form a zygote, just as ron said. Quote
ronthepon Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 Mules. Ligers. Hinnys. Crossbreeds are not unheard of. Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted June 21, 2006 Report Posted June 21, 2006 Mules. Ligers. Hinnys. Crossbreeds are not unheard of. Yea, but those are at least slightly related genetically. Crossbreading a lion and a tiger is much different than putting pig sperm into an eagle egg and expecting it to produce a flying pig!:eek_big: Quote
HydrogenBond Posted June 21, 2006 Report Posted June 21, 2006 The mixing of DNA from two widely distinct lifeoforms to form a new lifeform is not normally observed, even in the lab. The question is why? The answer has to do with equilibrium hydrogen bonding. The cellular grid of a female's gamete cell defines a particular potential that is in equilibirum with her 1/2 DNA structure. Addition of the wrong DNA will induce the cytoplasmic grid into nonequilibrium without a good way to restore equilibrium. The correct male DNA will also form nonequilibrium but the rest of the cell is organized to lower potential via the formation of the zygote. ronthepon 1 Quote
ronthepon Posted June 25, 2006 Report Posted June 25, 2006 Hm... Natural mixing(as the thread title suggests) is not very common for unrelated organisms, but we do produce GMOs. Quote
ughaibu Posted June 25, 2006 Report Posted June 25, 2006 See also this article: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-07/ps-iho072205.php posted by MortenS. ronthepon 1 Quote
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