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Originally Posted by dezzo
I remember from my Biology course at Uni that eggs and sperm do not have a full complement of genes so I don't know how this would go for actually growing an embryo from the egg?  |
IIRC eggs and sperm both have one copy of each chromosome pair ( ie one has the left sock the other has the right), so I guess they could either add the chromosomes from another egg, or get the egg to duplicate its own to get the 'full set'. given the whole x/y thing though you would only be able to produce female clones i guess
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helps if I read the article
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In normal reproduction, eggs would kick out half their genetic material in preparation to receive the male complement delivered by a sperm cell.
To make parthenotes, therefore, the eggs must be cultured in the lab in such a way that they retain all of their chromosomes. A spark of electricity is then used to initiate the process of embryonic division.
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