If the entire male side of the human race was wiped out save one would the human race survive the genetic warp

Question

Being that the genetic's would entirely one sided from the fathers side but the mothers side was vertually unlimited and any resulting offspring would take a minimum of 16 yrs to mature

Answer 1

How about in vitro fertilization. There will still be sperm banks around.

The whole idea of inbreeding is more of a cultural taboo than scientific fact. Yes, I believed that more autosomal recessive genes will be expressed and cause problems. The population may decrease for a while but will not elimated the human race.

Answer 2

the first few generations may have a higher preponderance of recessive diseases but I belive when you look at the statistics : as long as this fellow worked 8hrs a day producing sperm: the residual genetic variability in the rest of the population would eventually work its way out into an almost normal distribution.

The real problem would be that all the resulting males would posess the same Y chromosome - I'm not shure what the implications may be.

Answer 3

Very doubtful:

"An inbred individual is likely to possess several physical and health defects, in addition to higher incidence of inheriting a poor trait. They include:

reduced fertility both in litter size and in sperm viability
increased congenital disorders
fluctuating facial asymmetry
lower birth rate
higher infant mortality
slower growth rate
smaller adult size
loss of immune system function."

Answer 4

The race would survive, easily, but there would be many new-born with illnesses due to inbreeding (father with daughter).

Answer 5

HUH???