If it were possible to perform testes transplant: whose genetic makeup would be in the sperm 20 years after the testes from a black man were transplanted to a white man?
This is a theoritical medical question. Why was it removed from this site?
2006-09-24 07:52:10 · 8 answers · asked by flandargo 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No, it is not racist. In transgenioc animal breeding we perform such manipulations all the time. It is called a transplant, and it carries the genotype of the animal who was the donor. Teste transplants do not work nearly as well as ovarian transplants and therefore are much less common.
A white mouse transplanted with the ovaries of a black coat color mouse will give birth to pups that carry the black coat color gene, not her own white coat color.
There are alot of idiots out there asking stupid racist questions, and I ahve reported several. This question does not belong in that category, nor are you being an idiot. I have heard that real people do not check the claims, so it is possible the program is set up to just screen for specific catchwords and if they are present, the question gets deleted after being reported.
2006-09-24 11:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Hauntedfox 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it were transplanted from the black man, it would have his DNA in it. The problem is, it would be hard for the sperm to constantly reproduce like it should, since it's not in his body. And thats even IF the organ could be transplanted into someone else without rejection.
2006-09-24 14:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The germ cells dividing by meiosis are from the donor and will always be from the donor. There exists a blood/testes barrier that keeps the immune system from attacking sperm with antibodies. So the answer will be that the sperm produced will be that from the donor no matter how long the male reciepent keeps shooting them.
2006-09-24 21:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by mr.answerman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A similar thing happens with bone marrow transplants. The donor marrow has the donor's DNA of course, and so do white cells generated by that marrow. So after recovery the person would have different DNA in his white cells than in all the other cells of his body.
2006-09-24 20:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not offensive in the least. What is offensive is that people love to yell "racism" all the time as a cop-out. People need to get over it already.
2006-09-24 15:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by nido_tr3s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. I would guess the DNA would be from the donor no matter how long.
2006-09-24 14:54:50 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do not find it offensive or racist. it is just a question of science.
2006-09-24 18:57:13 · answer #7 · answered by iamtired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't think it would work ..
2006-09-24 15:29:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋