2006-06-28 18:25:56 · 33 answers · asked by teameli 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The egg from something like a chicken.
Or, from another point of view,
The egg came for breakfast and the chicken for lunch!
2006-06-28 18:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In nature, living things evolve through changes in their DNA. In an animal like a chicken, DNA from a male sperm cell and a female ovum meet and combine to form a zygote -- the first cell of a new baby chicken. This first cell divides innumerable times to form all of the cells of the complete animal. In any animal, every cell contains exactly the same DNA, and that DNA comes from the zygote.
Chickens evolved from non-chickens through small changes caused by the mixing of male and female DNA or by mutations to the DNA that produced the zygote. These changes and mutations only have an effect at the point where a new zygote is created. That is, two non-chickens mated and the DNA in their new zygote contained the mutation(s) that produced the first true chicken. That one zygote cell divided to produce the first true chicken.
Prior to that first true chicken zygote, there were only non-chickens. The zygote cell is the only place where DNA mutations could produce a new animal, and the zygote cell is housed in the chicken's egg. So, the egg must have come first.
2006-06-28 19:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Studies have shown that life started with a single cell organism. This was figured by the adaptation that they grew to multiple cells which were mammals. So the correct answer would be "The chicken came before the egg.
2006-07-03 20:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg was first but a dinosaur was in it. The chicken came much later.
2006-06-28 18:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by J T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with the chicken, because eggs need to be kept warm, and the egg without the chicken will die, so naturally the chicken would have to have come first. :)
2006-06-28 18:27:55 · answer #5 · answered by racer717 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first....dinosaurs were laying eggs long before the chicken ever showed up.
2006-06-28 18:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by Muinghan Life During Wartime 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who is cane? and what did he ever do to the chicken and the egg? does cane like chicken? do chickens like eggs? have I questioned your question away yet?
2006-06-28 18:32:43 · answer #7 · answered by evildietrich@verizon.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken
2006-06-28 18:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by justmeagain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question was shoot few days ago. maybe the question is: what CAME first, the chicken or the egg?
my answer is EGG. why? the answer to that is also a question. who was the first creation on earth? it is adam. so the answer is egg.
2006-06-28 18:32:17 · answer #9 · answered by danny boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Damn Chicken came first. Who the heck sits on the egg and keeps it warm??
2006-06-28 18:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by Figneuton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋