Just Wondering...
The Aeson
07-07-2006, 02:05
Among the various ideas for stories that run through my head, an interesting once lodged. What would happen if a human was genetically engineered to have two Y Chromosomes?
Since I know next to nothing about biology and genetics, two questions.
1. Is the possible.
2. What would the result be?
Well, YO dies, so YY probably would too.
Franberry
07-07-2006, 02:09
Is the Y chromosone the one that both males and females share?
or am I completely lost here?
The Mindset
07-07-2006, 02:10
If it'd be possible (I'm not sure if it is), they'd suffer from extreme learning difficulties. There's a symdrome called XYY syndrome where a male is born with an X chromosome and two Ys. Their IQs tend to be up to 15 points lower than a comparable "normal" man.
The Mindset
07-07-2006, 02:13
From Wikipedia:
"The other possibility, 45,Y, does not occur, as an embryo without an X chromosome cannot survive."
Is the Y chromosone the one that both males and females share?
or am I completely lost here?
XX=female
XY=guy
XO=infertile and short female (but fine mentally)
YO=dead...guy I think. Dead, anyway.
XXY=hermaphrodite
XYY=guy with severe learning disability
So, YY will probably result in a dead guy. X is necessary, as I understand from what I was taught about YO. Which wasn't much.
Greenhelm
07-07-2006, 02:18
Come on people lets get some imagination! if XX is female and XY is male then YY would be some kind of... Super man... possibly. Or just a piece of sludge squirted out of the womb. If neither of these appael for a story then it could be God... you could say that Jesus was special because he had two Y chromosomes... personally I would go for the sludge idea.
Wanderjar
07-07-2006, 02:20
I was going to say that it couldn't happen, but i see other people have already covered it. Sorry Aeson.
Probably stillbirth or spontaneous abortion. The X chromosome is responsible for a lot more than the Y, which accounts for a few minor changes, such as the reproductive organs.