so is it really possible to genetically modify one's sperm or ovum and determine their colour hair, height potence, intelligence, skin colour, eye colour?
2006-10-20 06:14:13 · 6 answers · asked by get_xed 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, this is absolutely possible.
I would instead focus on more tangible changes though, that have a defenite health benefit such as familial predilection towards Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, Mental Illness... You get the idea. Everything you mentioned above, save possibly intelligence, are very cosmetic and transitory. Any parent who spent more time thinking about those things would be a foolish parent indeed.
While big breasts are "in" now, they may not be in 20 years. Having heart disease however, is never cool.
Tiger Striped Dog MD
2006-10-20 06:18:54 · answer #1 · answered by tigerstripeddogmd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you can only select for them. For example if two partners have only genes for brown eye color, they can't have a child with blue eyes. You can only select for certain genes that you already have. Even this costs lots of money. Also there is not 'intelligence' gene so its just depends on the environment the child is raised in.
2006-10-20 06:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by graduate student 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now you can pre-program what a babies sex will be, and it's just a matter of time for the rest. Funny, but it's just what Hitler and the Nazis had in mind about 70 years ago!
2006-10-20 06:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DON'T THINK THAT IS POSSIBLE! YET, BESIDES WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO MODIFY YOUR BABY'S LOOK JUST TAKE WJHAT YOU GET
2006-10-20 06:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by SHHH! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not yet.
2006-10-20 06:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if no then not yet
if so then so be it
2006-10-20 06:17:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋