2006-08-28 13:41:48 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, definitely. Some people actually turn into goats after surgery. I think they have some meds that will stop some of that, though.
2006-08-28 13:44:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a sex change does not change you DNA. It may surprise you to learn, however, that some people already have two kinds of DNA in the bodies! This is how it happens.
You have heard of conjoined twins, where an embryo that is supposed to divide into twins does not fully develop and they do not separate. However, it is also possible for two separate embryos to begin to fuse. One may stop growing (or die) and the other begins to absorb it and they become one body.
Result? A person that may look normal (they may have the right number of limbs and such) but they have one kind of DNA on one side of their body and a different kind (the other embryo) on the other side of their body. This was discovered in the course of repeated DNA testing on criminals in jails.
This may even point to a cause for their antisocial behavior. Suppose you had tow different kinds of DNA in you. Suppose that one was of one sex and the other was of the other sex. Suppose that the body was evidently of one gender, but that some muscles or maybe even brain tissues were of the opposite sex.
This is bound to lead to confusion and maybe in extreme cases some acting out. In the future we will have technology to prevent this sort of birth defect from occurring. For the time being, at least we have DNA testing, to identify criminals. And they can't hide from the law with a sex change.
2006-08-28 13:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A sex change changes your physical appearance, not the molecular structure of your DNA.
2006-08-28 14:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by googoo2626 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may change how you squirt DNA into/onto your partner, but does not change your genetic makeup.
2006-08-28 13:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it does not change your DNA profile
2006-08-28 13:47:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just something got removed. And something got put in.
No DNA changes at all.
2006-08-28 13:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by Just_curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, genetically you're the same sex you started off as.
2006-08-28 13:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by sandesmus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Unfortunately the technology hasn't advanced that far yet.
2006-08-30 13:57:24 · answer #8 · answered by carora13 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It just changes your skin. Same as if you got plastic surgery.
2006-08-28 13:45:07 · answer #9 · answered by Otter V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, it just changes your physical appearance.
2006-08-28 13:44:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋