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'''Male eggs''' are the result of a process in which the eggs of a female would be emptied of their genetic contents (a technique similar to that used in the [[cloning]] process), and those contents would be replaced with male DNA. Such eggs could then be fertilized by sperm. The procedure was conceived by [[Calum MacKellar]], a Scottish bioethicist. With this technique, two males could be the biological parents of a child. However, such a procedure would additionally require an [[artificial womb]] or a female [[gestational carrier]].<ref name="EBR">[http://www.bioethics.org.uk/2_fathrs.htm EUROPEAN BIOETHICAL RESEARCH: "CHILDREN WITH TWO GENETIC FATHERS"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727053609/http://www.bioethics.org.uk/2_fathrs.htm |date=2007-07-27 }}</ref><ref name="telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4753986/Genetic-offspring-for-gays-a-possibility.html Telegraph.co.uk: "Genetic offspring for gays 'a possibility'"]</ref><ref name="NS">[https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn19 New Scientist: "Baby talk"]</ref><ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/genetics_reproduction/timeline.html CBC news: "Timeline: Assisted reproduction and birth control"]</ref><ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/940790.stm BBC News: "Male-only conception 'highly speculative'"]</ref><ref name="CGS">[http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=3904 Center for Genetics and Society: "Are male eggs and female sperm on the horizon?"]</ref> |
'''Male eggs''' are the result of a process in which the eggs of a female would be emptied of their genetic contents (a technique similar to that used in the [[cloning]] process), and those contents would be replaced with male DNA. Such eggs could then be fertilized by sperm. The procedure was conceived by [[Calum MacKellar]], a Scottish bioethicist. With this technique, two males could be the biological parents of a child. However, such a procedure would additionally require an [[artificial womb]] or a female [[gestational carrier]].<ref name="EBR">[http://www.bioethics.org.uk/2_fathrs.htm EUROPEAN BIOETHICAL RESEARCH: "CHILDREN WITH TWO GENETIC FATHERS"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727053609/http://www.bioethics.org.uk/2_fathrs.htm |date=2007-07-27 }}</ref><ref name="telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4753986/Genetic-offspring-for-gays-a-possibility.html Telegraph.co.uk: "Genetic offspring for gays 'a possibility'"]</ref><ref name="NS">[https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn19 New Scientist: "Baby talk"]</ref><ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/genetics_reproduction/timeline.html CBC news: "Timeline: Assisted reproduction and birth control"]</ref><ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/940790.stm BBC News: "Male-only conception 'highly speculative'"]</ref><ref name="CGS">[http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=3904 Center for Genetics and Society: "Are male eggs and female sperm on the horizon?"]</ref> |
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In 2003, researcher [[Hans Robert Schöler]] at the University Of Pennsylvania successfully created eggs using both male and female mouse DNA.<ref name="UPenn">[http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/researchatpenn/articleprint.php?722&sci University of Pennsylvania: "The Most Amazing Cell"]</ref> |
In 2003, researcher [[Hans Robert Schöler]] at the University Of Pennsylvania successfully created eggs using both male and female mouse DNA.<ref name="UPenn">[http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/researchatpenn/articleprint.php?722&sci University of Pennsylvania: "The Most Amazing Cell"]</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Female sperm]] |
* [[Female sperm]] |
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Revision as of 23:26, 20 January 2020
Male eggs are the result of a process in which the eggs of a female would be emptied of their genetic contents (a technique similar to that used in the cloning process), and those contents would be replaced with male DNA. Such eggs could then be fertilized by sperm. The procedure was conceived by Calum MacKellar, a Scottish bioethicist. With this technique, two males could be the biological parents of a child. However, such a procedure would additionally require an artificial womb or a female gestational carrier.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In 2003, researcher Hans Robert Schöler at the University Of Pennsylvania successfully created eggs using both male and female mouse DNA.[7]
See also
References
- ^ EUROPEAN BIOETHICAL RESEARCH: "CHILDREN WITH TWO GENETIC FATHERS" Archived 2007-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Telegraph.co.uk: "Genetic offspring for gays 'a possibility'"
- ^ New Scientist: "Baby talk"
- ^ CBC news: "Timeline: Assisted reproduction and birth control"
- ^ BBC News: "Male-only conception 'highly speculative'"
- ^ Center for Genetics and Society: "Are male eggs and female sperm on the horizon?"
- ^ University of Pennsylvania: "The Most Amazing Cell"
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