2006-08-29 05:57:47 · 12 answers · asked by Shirish N 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
justification for 'yes' or 'no' is preferred.
2006-08-29 05:59:35 · update #1
It depends on your gender. For men, all they'd have to do is get rid of the y chromosome and replace it with a copy of their x chromosome (taken from some other of their cells). It wouldn't be a precise clone, but it would be fairly close, only female. However, since women have no y chromosome, they would have to get one from elsewhere, so their opposite gender clones would be much more different from them than the men's clones would be (however, they may be healthier, because having two x chromosome with the same genetic material could cause various problems in the female clone).
Keep in mind that this is just theoretical; right now we don't know any way to clone humans without damaging their DNA.
2006-08-29 06:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
For right now obviously no, since no clone can be created yet (same sex or otherwise). But if a clone can be created in the future (and there is evidence pointing to the fact that it might not even be possible, but evidence saying also that it is), it is fairly certain you can make an opposite sex clone as well by switching the X or Y gene with its opposite on the sex chromosome in our DNA.
2006-08-29 06:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Male has a X and a Y chromosome.
Female has two X chromosomes.
I guess if you have a male, you can take two X chromosomes, from different cells and make a female clone.
There may be some problems with the clone, since it would have two identical X chromosomes. It would be like the effect of heavy inbreeding.
Females don't have a Y chromosome, so I don't think you can make a male clone from a female.
2006-08-29 06:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-05 21:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only of a man.
You would take out the Y chromosome, and replace it with a copy of his X chromasome.
A woman doesnt have a Y chromasome, so one would have to be taken from someone else to make a male copy.
2006-08-29 06:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't really be a clone, since you'd be swapping out one chromosome for another.
2006-08-29 06:10:18 · answer #6 · answered by The Ry-Guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
since a clone is an exact replica, no because you would be altering the chromosones, it would no longer be an exact replica, hence no longer a clone, just genetically similar
2006-08-29 06:04:52 · answer #7 · answered by justme 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no clone means exact copy and changing the sex will no longer make it an exact duplicate
2006-08-29 06:02:12 · answer #8 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
in human no but in some othere like bees yes
2006-08-29 06:15:00 · answer #9 · answered by merdad b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not with present technology, unless you are a fruit fly.
2006-08-29 06:03:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋